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the pets of their ideas, think of me who has not seen 

 an orchid for years. Since I left your salubrious island, 

 I have felt the pangs of pity for a few orchids tortured 

 in cruelty at the misty conservatory of the badly gov- 

 erned Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. I wish I had 

 never known about them. Do you know what it is not 

 to have at times the means of paying as little as a sub- 

 scription to " Gardeners' Chronicle?" The material for 

 my list was gathered on leaves formed by the insides of 

 the envelopes from letters addressed to me. Is my book 

 good? If yes, buy it; and more, get your friend to pur- 

 chase another one. I can not advertise. Do this for 

 me, it is all I ask of you if you think me deserving of 

 such favors. 



I sit by the light of my lamp, housed with the only 

 human being near me for half a mile, my wife. A little 

 stove can hardly warm the room exposed to the storm 

 blowing with terrific force from the snowcapped Sierras. 

 It is grand up here, elevating for the mind, healthful 

 to the body. I have a pair of lungs in my chest which 

 could over-sound that raging gale outside, and call to 

 me the neighbor far as he resides. But they can not 

 reach you, who looks kindly upon my writing. Take it 

 instead as a greeting from a man who unites with you 

 in a heartfelt interest for our orchids. 



GEO. HANSEN. 



Jackson, Amador County, Cal., December 7, 1894. 



