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a tree that was of such vital importance to their Indian 
brethren. 
Pinus attenuatais of interest from the hardness of its cones 
which never open till the tree dies. They grow in whorls 
round the trunk and occasionally a cone becomes quite 
imbedded in the heartwood. 
Closely allied to it is the Monterey Pine (Pinus radiata, 
Don—FPinus insignis, Dougt). 
Of other Forest Trees the Oaks are the most important, 
The Black and White Oak are not unlike our English Oak. 
But more characteristic of California are the Live Oaks, 
which we call Ilex. In my mind they will always be asso- 
ciated with a certain valley running down to the coast near 
Santa Barbara, where their long, gnarled and twisted 
branches and grey foliage, laden with greyer lichen, gave a 
weird, awsome sense, that even our horses seemed to share; 
as though the valley were the haunt of some unseen, 
etherial beings. 
The Sycamore (Platanus racemosa, Wutt) throws a grate- 
ful shade from its large leaves along the streams and rivers, 
mingling with Willows, Poplars and Alders. 
The Mountain Leatherwood (Fremontia Californica, 
Tore) was a beautiful sight in May on the lower hills 
between Raymond and Wawona, with its showy yellow 
corolla-like sepals; and higher up we came upon the 
Cornus Nuttallii, And.,with handsome, large, white sepals. 
The foliage of the Maples and the Cornel was glorious in 
the autumn. 
The lecture was illustrated with many specimens of 
plants and eggs, and also a large spider, Mygale Henzit, 
MEETING held at Reigate, Jan. 2nd, 1903, 
Present—109. 
Mr.C. E. Salmon exhibited specimens of A/thoea hirsuta, 
discovered on the chalk-hills near Reigate by Mr. Wilfred 
B. Alexander of Tunbridge Wells, and made remarks on 
