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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., Nov. 24, 1919. 

 DEAR MRS. RICE: 



I certainly hope you will meet with complete success in the movement to 

 save the California Holly. 



Sincerely yours, 



EDGAR T. CUTTER, 

 Superintendent the Associated Press. 



DECEMBER 10, 1919. 



Yours is indeed a very noble work, and one in which the Scouts and we 

 Scout men are interested. Certainly something should be done to protect the 

 Christmas berries. So many folks when picking flowers and berries in the 

 woods are not satisfied to simply pick them, but very often tear down, break 

 and carelessly destroy the trees and shrubbery, with no thought that those 

 following might have desire to enjoy that which they so selfishly are doing 

 away with. 



We shall be most happy to co-operate with you in endeavoring to do 

 away with this type of vandalism. 



Very sincerely yours, 



CHAS. N. MILLER, 

 Acting National Field Scout Commissioner. 



PASADENA, CALIF., DEC. 10, 1919. 



. . . It seems to me a great deal of the destruction of the Toyon may 

 be traceable to the hacking and breaking down of the plants by people who 

 put the branches on sale at holiday times. If this could be stopped and a 

 campaign of education through the schools and elsewhere inaugurated to teach 

 people to gather for their domestic needs by decent cutting off with knife or 

 scissors as they do with flowers in their own gardens, I think it would be a 

 good thing. There is a certain usefulness in bringing wild flowers and berry- 

 bearing branches into the home, if it can be done with suitable regard to the 

 life of the wild plant. 

 With all good wishes, 



Yours faithfully, 



CHARLES FRANCIS SAUNDERS. 



STANFORD UNIVERSITY, PALO ALTO, CALIF., JAN. 29, 1920. 



Climate and scenery are two of California's important assets. But do 

 Californians appreciate how much of the State's peculiar charm is due to her 

 native plants? Wipe cut the noble redwoods, the Sierra forests, and the 

 beautiful oaks of the rolling foothills and valleys, and California would be 

 converted into a bleak waste that would have little attraction for the tourist. 

 Fortunately the principal forests are receiving attention and will be protected,' 

 but many of the most attractive wild flowers and shrubs are being ruthlessly 

 destroyed. The Toyon and huckleberry should be preserved, and I heartily 

 approve of your efforts to accomplish that end. 



The wholesale gathering of native bulbs and other plants for commercial 

 purposes should be prohibited by law, as is the selling of wild game. Nursery- 

 men, as some are already doing, should be require^ to grow their native plant 

 material. By so doing they not only would cease destroying plants in their 

 native haunts, but would develop through selection strains adapted to garden 

 conditions. 



Very sincerely yours, 



L. R. ABRAMS. 



It is a particularly encouraging sign to have the bird lovers 

 join this war against the indiscriminate and ruthless slaughter of 

 berry bushes, which they feel will materially affect the bird popula- 

 tion of the Bay Region. The following excellent letters received 



