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WESTERN 



Mock house, rO feet high on the comers. Cereus Thurben, much mesqui'f 

 rhere is one plastered house here, and two tie houses with two soldiers or 



round 



around 



made of adobes wifK 



One woman smokmg. Physalis lobata cowring the 



„ ., seem blue from the many flowers. Encelia fnje- 



scens ? Opuntia prolifera, also shiny one like Ie|?tocnv1is but thick. Tall 

 T antana, Cereus giganteus ? C. Pringlei, C. Thurben. 



Another soldier camp. The soldiers are armed with our old U. S. 

 arniy Springfield rifles or their successor, the bolt rifle. Houses covered 

 with grass thatch and then two inches of mud. One small round block 

 bouse gomg up. Much' Franseria ambrosioides. Mimosa in bloom and 

 with strong odor. Cactus scattered 'now. 



Cajeme. More flowers. Nights at Guajonas were cold. Mistletoe 

 on Legumino.ae. Eleveation only a little above the sea. Barometer reads 

 ^'00 feft Humidity 63%. Brush scanty, 4-6 feet high. Much grass. 

 i^v volcanic hills near at the east. Some Lysiloma Candida on crests, 

 o^ past the Hills on a vast plain. Brush 10 feet high. Big plantation 

 of A?nves on the right. &" s k 



ynderraih station. Stin flat country and brush scattered: 



Fundicion station. A few houses. Ground purple with Physalis. 



I.ej.,ma.osae 10 feet high, and a little thicker on ground, mostly mesquit 



^.nd Mimosa^ ^o Larrea. Cereus Pringlei frequent, also Thurben. 



atrhe.s of Opuntia. prolifera species, some straggling petaiyas. Prosopis 



L iM''"'^ '^'''^^' '^""^ 20 feet high and mottled-gray bark and 



common. No Bursera, no Fouquieria. Leguminous shrub with short and 

 broad pods and leaves like Eriodictyon tomentosum, 20 feet high. 



Navahoa. Bfsr river here, 150 feet wide. Dates. Cottonwoods. 



O 



Z7T'^ ^^°°^ r?^- T^^rinds, castor oil plants, grass on 

 foot high. Mountains some 15 mfTp<i t,^ ti,. „„f* 4,' t 



Brick kiln, 



J^yir..^L • ^''^f'^'^ °f Obregon. S p.m. Getting warm 

 nevil gn.,ss green on ground. 1,200 feet altitude. Children with pails of 



Cemm ;Sr^ peninsuaris again, along with much cactus, but no 

 ^riufSfT"- o f ^'" ^^"^ *° Fouquieria here,, but stems twisted 

 tem. to LT r '• -^^ e^' ^'■^ ^P'"^^ ^^^"^^d- over the plain; this 

 X eastward Sr- !'^ II ^'^'"^ ^^"^^^- ^^^^ ^<>"^tains 30-50 

 leaved EncX ^"^° ^^^^^- More ranches. Nicotiana glauca. Long- 



^ r'.it?. P^-'^T- y^^^^tion 15 feet high, mostly Leguminosae. 

 W t./'^'t^/v^ T^"^^^"'' ^° C. giganteus, Fouquierif Ranch. 



Prinde/'rI^.T; ^'? ? ^l ^"* ^^^"^ ^"t "^°^« ^o"i"g- Much CeKUS 



fs^O feet M^h O '^-"^ but common now (this is Fombax). 

 15-20 ^feet high Opuntia prolifera species. Fchinocactus Tust 



Tc^esZt "mf;r;' ^"^^^ 'f.^'^^^ and to~4ent ' 

 ^gaS;-^ '^'".^"^ ^^' ^^°'« ^- \-^^ of i/d o^purpl 



Brush 



Bias 



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January 28. Went out and ?ot a'b?,r mllection 



