10 CONTRIBUTIONS TO WESTERN BOTANY 
ty was H. C. Orcutt of San Diego, assisted by his son C. R. Or- 
cutt. Here it is that the younger Orcutt acquired, under the in- 
fluence of Dr. Parry, an interest in collecting plants and turned 
plant collector for life. Another member of the party was C. G. 
ringle, a prince of plant-collectors, whose name was well-known | 
to botanists everywhere‘¢. 
‘“‘The Orcutts were Sabbattarians and when it came the Lordsday 
they proposed, as a matter of course, that neither man nor beast 
should should travel. A fifth member of the party drew a gun 
ing errors and could have cited many more. It would not have 
een at all out of my way to have laid bare his reputation among 
us for he has alienated most of his clientele by his selfishness. | 
have felt, however, that since he has announced an intention to 
write a flora of California he is entitled to the field, and have crit- 
icised as piracy Abrams’ attempt to enter the same field, but when 
Jepson resorts to bald-faced lying and distortion of facts to 
make a case one’s patience with him becomes strained. 
_ Orcutt’s father was dead therefore was not a member nor the 
majordomo of the party. Pringle at that time was not known 
for he had not botanized in Mexico. The Orcutts were not Sabbat- 
tarlans and had no scraples about Sunday travel. When the Or- 
cutts tried to force me I used my gun rather than use my fists 
in @ losing battle against the two men. 
