California, tho largest of vhich is twenty-fivo feet in 

 hei~ht riv t- 'olvo ' inches 3. . - Tho linbe ere trinr-:* up 

 r.'oo-jit tv.'olve feet, -./hero the tree ie oi^ht inchoc in ci-c- 



r :\r.C the SToac* of limbo is over v;nn:y Toct. Tie 

 other trees rre nor.rly ao Irr^e and the ~roup nr.":os r.n cl- 



ient lc\?n ehr.co. *.r. 31innc.n states thc.t Pro:". Lcraon, 

 ho "orr.orlT o^rncd the vr.rn, planted thoBo trees thirty ^ 



i.nd vh^t he ezporinented several ^etra befcro ho e.iccoocTeA 

 in 3e-t-';inT them to clo -oil. ~'.TJ thrived onl^ r.Ttcr :oir 

 nr.tivo soil from tho mountains, cnst o-r the rr.nch, hr., a ^n 

 hcalod for them So ^row in. Thoeo treos rore Iccfcr" .I'jh 

 berries end the coed required this "o.ir :-*or e:r^3rincntr.l 

 purpooos '--^.B collected ."ro^i uhera. 



In the trip which the 3uporviGor cxc" r.rn-orc ^t.Vj 

 end Tloc'din ncdo ovor tho eastern slopo of tho .r.c'ioo "'oun- 

 tcins durin- ;ho nonth of August, sr.nples of vhrt * r.s thought 

 to be Abioc'nr^niricn -ore secure." r.ncl ror\:p.rc'ed to _'r. :^i- x - 

 vrcrth, ta ohis troo haf never boon reported Cron jhr.t Iocr.lit7. 

 I riry.ocl out, however, that '.ho c;-eciroons vrare :Tron the Vu-ota 

 Fir (Abies shcstonsis) TJhich vms even a rcror find. Pinus 

 r-lbicuulis vras also found on the cumnit between Lclce Tchoo rvnd 



".oe City, at nn elevation of rbout 9,000 feet. Sanolee 

 were ';r:ron and the treoc roportod, cs it ras ^motm So --ro?/ in 

 this locality, Docutiful bunches of poicon Lcr'spur rore 

 noted r.nd collected, sone of the spi'iee bcin-* three foot tell. 



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Undor the ouporvision of T/hittvun, a houea an? bc.rn 

 r-ro bein-r conetructod r.t Crl: Valley RS. 



A houoe TVUG conetructed at the Sardine T,S r.nc posts 

 to contitract a fonco in the Spring. 



Ouarc 1 ./111 a built a lo-j br.rn nt Tadpole -/hich 'rr.s 

 neodcd bcdly. Ho clso out tho ooleo for ?. lookout cabin on 

 Duncan ?ec.!c. 



T.ir.: hr.s built a dan to turn R portion of tho -r.tors 

 ol the Ilorth Yuba on the I'.r.nshorn R3. Just Tit until next 

 and soo the crop of hay he raises. 1 



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