dens were cultivated, the sand 

 verbenas and lilacs and other 

 wild things native to this region 

 have been blossoming as long 

 as the pines have been growing. 

 They arrive in October, us- 

 ually about the second week, 

 and they remain until March, 

 as regularly, as surely, as the 

 seasons change. The earliest 

 authentic information as to this 

 annual migration dates back 

 fifty years, when the Monarchs 

 were seen upon the pines just 

 as they are to-day. Previous to 

 that, no mention has been found 

 of this interesting phenomenon, 

 for such it may truly be called. 

 The early Spanish chronicles 

 and traditions make no men- 

 tion of it, although Monterey, 



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