Volume 3 No. 2 
MUHLENBERGIA 
LIBRAR' 
A. A. HELLER, Editor NEW YOR 
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Los GaTos, CALIFORNIA, FEBRUARY 28, 1907 GARDEN 
BOTANICAL FEATURES AROUND RENO 
By P. BEVERIDGE KENNEDY 
Reno is situated in the Truckee Meadows at the base of the 
foothills on the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and 
lies in latitude 39 degrees 31 minutes N., longitude 119 degrees 
48 minutes W. The surrounding country is rich from an agri- 
cultural standpoint, alfalfa being the chief product. Much of 
the land that was at one time in sagebrush and wild hay, is now, 
by means. of draining the low lands and irrigating the foothills, 
made to produce two or three crops of alfalfa annually. The 
valley extends by a narrow arm twelve miles long to Verdi, 
where the eastern Sierras rise abruptly with little or no foothill 
region, from 4500 to 7000 feet. It is at this point that the 
Truckee river, famous for its beauty, its fish, and, more recently, 
the Carson-Truckee reclamation project, enters the valley and 
wends its way to Reno. ‘The city is practically dependent upon 
the Truckee for its light, water, gas and power, as well as for all 
the water used for irrigation purposes. ‘The river is somewhat 
~_ unique in that it flows out of one of the most picturesque lakes 
Sin the world, Lake Tahoe, situated in a basin of the high Sier- 
ras at an elevation of 6225 feet. From this outlet it flows 
through the coniferous forests in a north, northeasterly, and then 
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