Creator
John Muir
Recipient
[F. Bailey] Millerd
Transcription
[9124102]
Martinez, Thursday
Dear Millard
I'm home & feel fine after my delightful visit to your delightful leafy blossomy nest. Its bosky beauty I'll not forget, nor the lilac-scented air & pleasant evening & morning literary & miscellaneous talks & chats etc etc - Ive just been refreshing my memory on C[illegible]thus. Sargent says there are about thirty species all of them American - four of them on the Atlantic slope, the others are this side The Rocky mountains, most of them in California. The one that so enriches & adorns your home is Ceanothus Thyrsiflorus,- often
called "Blue Myrtle" in cultivation as well as California Lilac. It was first discovered by Eschscholtz in 1816, & was introduced into English gardens in 1837. It is distributed from Mendoeino Co. to the Valley of the San Luis Rey River, & is the largest species sometimes attaining a height of 35 feet - a truly glorious plant. Now I must go to work again on that hug red Canon. Come & see us all of you as soon as you can. I am sending the photos to Larksp[illegible]r which I promised Mrs M. & Elmer. Ever faithfully yours
John Muir
Location
Martinez [Calif.]
Circa Date
[1902 Sep 24]
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Recommended Citation
Muir, John, "Letter from John Muir to [F. Bailey] Millerd, [1902 Sep 24]." (1902). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 4738.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/4738
Resource Identifier
muir12_0656-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 12, Image 0656
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
