ABBY LOUISA WATERMAN 



DAUGHTER OF THE DESERT AND OF A RACE OF SAGES, 



PENETRATING OBSERVER OF THE ARID WASTES OF MESA AND PLAYA, 



PROTECTOR OF THE DESERT MEN AGAINST THE ERRANT FLOW OF CIRCUMSTANCE, 



TO HER IS INSCRIBED THIS DEDICATION PAGE 



OF THE SECOND VOLUME OF THE FLORA OF CALIFORNIA 



BY THE BOTANICAL TRAVELER, 



WHO, DRIVEN FROM PITILESS RANGES AND STONE-DRY HIDDEN VALLEYS 



IN THE YEAR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, 



FOUND ELEMENTAL SHELTER AT WATERMAN RANCH 



IN THE HEART OF THE MOHAVE. 



