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" Melanges," etc., has not yet come to hand, but it 

 is sure to come in time through the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, and will be received with welcome. I will see 

 to the reproduction of the article on the Dominant 

 Language of the Twentieth Century, - - English of 

 course. I am glad you will make a full index of the 

 " Prodromus ' quoad Genera. I wish it had been 

 species, also ! 



Glaciers in California ! Why, there is a fair rem- 

 nant of one now, on the north side of Shasta, and 

 more in the southern part of the Sierra ; and as to 

 glacial marks, the geologists note them abundantly. 



I am glad you saw much of Mr. Adams at Vallon. 

 Madame A. is the more of a talker, is she not? Or, 

 perhaps she does not speak French. Adams is vice- 

 president of our American Academy ; and is, I hope, 

 presiding this evening at a meeting which I myself am 

 not well enough to attend. I hope he will become 

 president, for I mean to retire in May. . . . 



Dr. Parry passed last summer in the Colorado 

 Rocky Mountains, where Madame and I visited him, 

 in his cabin ; and we ascended Gray's Peak together 

 (14,400 feet). Torrey, old as he is, was there later, 

 but did not get up the twin Torrey's Peak, though his 

 daughter did surmount Gray's Peak. . . . 



Now about myself. In what time I can save I am 

 assisting Brewer in the " Flora of California," and 

 shall do for him the Moiiopetalse, and finish next 

 summer, if my health does not fail. 



Moreover, this is my last year of university work. I 

 finish in July, and then resign, and give my remaining 

 time to the " Flora of North America." Although it 

 is so arranged, it is not yet to be announced. It is 

 difficult to drop at once the many things I have charge 



