FLORA OF THE PACIFIC COAST 



seen, however, if one has time to make the ascent by 

 train or to drive (by auto or team) up the Santa 

 Anita grade. Redondo, Playa del Rey, and other 

 beach resorts afford opportunity for the study of 

 the beach and dune flora. 



SANTA BARBARA. From the mission one may ex- 

 plore Mission Valley or, better, follow the Mountain 

 Drive. Here will be found the rare and showy 

 Venegasia, a sub-shrub much more handsome than 

 the sunflowers, to which it is related. The Tunnel 

 Trail to the summit of the Santa Ynez Mountains 

 affords a delightful day's trip for the observation of 

 chaparral and annual flowering plants. 



SAN FRANCISCO AND ENVIRONS. Dune and beach 

 plants are abundant south of Golden Gate Park and 

 at Land's End. Electric lines running south to San 

 Mateo, etc., lead through many fields of showy an- 

 nuals. These are especially luxuriant on the slopes 

 a short distance west of Millbrae. The foothills 

 back of Stanford University are very attractive bot- 

 anically and easily reached from Palo Alto. 



Mount Tamalpais dominates the peninsula north 

 of the Golden Gate and should be visited by all 

 botanists. Salt-marsh plants abound between the 

 bay shore and the foot of the mountain. From Mill 

 Valley the railroad winds through a sea of chaparral 

 which extends to the very summit. Both the peak 

 and Muir Woods, a redwood reservation with a char- 

 acteristic vegetation, may be visited in one day but 

 this is not advisable. The enthusiast will much pre- 

 fer the trails from Mill Valley, or he may take the 

 train to the summit or to Muir Woods and walk 

 back. 



On the easterly shore of San Francisco bay num- 

 erous electric lines lead to the hills and canons 

 where good collecting abounds. The Oakland and 

 Antioch Railway pierces the Oakland Hills and so 

 transports one in less than an hour's time to locali- 

 ties where the vegetation is still in its original con- 

 dition. Pinehurst Station, in Redwood Canon, is 

 especially recommended. From here a two-mile 

 walk brings one to Moraga, where return trains may 

 be taken. 



URIAH, CALIFORNIA. This is in the heart of the 

 inner Coast Ranges. The Terraces, where many 

 native plants are grown under cultivation, lie some 

 seven miles to the east up an interesting canon. 

 Lake County resorts are reached by stage from 

 either Ukiah or Calistoga. 



YOSEMITE VALLEY. The best botanizing is on the 

 slopes around the valley borders and away from the 

 popular trails. The Tenaya trail above Mirror Lake 



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