128 WITH THE FLOWERS AND TREES 



passed the same as banknotes while they lasted ; but 

 they was all gone by New Year's." 



Pinus monophylla that is, one-leaf pine is a 

 chunky little tree which has botanic interest be- 

 cause its needles, instead of being bunched in groups 

 of from two to five as in other pines, occur singly; 

 but as a tree it is without features that would be 

 apt to attract the attention of one not interested in 

 technical details. The Digger pine, however, is a 

 remarkable looking tree, wan and wraith-like be- 

 cause of its long ashen-gray foliage, which so 

 markedly differentiates the species from all its fel- 

 low conifers that it can hardly go unnoticed by even 

 the careless. 



As to acorns, there is considerable choice among 

 the various species of oaks, some, from the Indian's 

 point of view, producing much better food material 

 than others. One of the most distinctive of Cali- 

 fornia varieties is the black or Kellogg oak (Quer- 

 cus Calif ornica). Its name preserves the memory 

 of Dr. Albert Kellogg of San Francisco, a Forty- 

 niner, who, leaving to others the digging of gold, 

 devoted himself to exploiting the mines of his 

 adopted State's botanical wealth. The acorns of 

 this oak have always been among the most prized 

 by the Indians, and may be gathered from the Ore- 

 gon line to Mexico. The nuts of the beautiful val- 



