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their leaves had fallen. The southeastern slope of the Siskiyou 
range was clothed with a splendid forest of Pinus ponderosa, 
much resembling the forest of Montezuma pine west of Jalapa 
in Mexico. 
As we descended into the valley and crossed the line into 
California, a very decided change took place in the climate and 
the flora, owing to the small rainfall. Stunted, thorny shrubs, 
and scattered trees (Libocedrus decurrens) partly covered old lava 
streams and volcanic hillocks. At Redding, cycads were growing 
in the open and new trees of various kinds appeared, belonging 
to a warmer and drier region. Several species of oaks, most of 
them evergreen, took the place of the single species found in 
Washington and Oregon. The large spherical live-oaks are left 
in the fields for shade, as palms are in the tropics. At Vina, the 
largest vineyard in the world, belonging to Stanford University, 
is located. The vines are kept cut back to short stumps very 
close to the ground, giving them a totally different appearance 
from those of either northern or southern Europe. Eucalyptus 
trees, so commonly planted in southern California, were first 
seen at Marysville, not far from Sacramento. Extensive or- 
chards, hop-fields, cattle ranches, and wheat-fields dotted the 
valley in this region, and the entire country as far as the eye 
could reach seemed a fertile and promising one. 
he first excursion for fungi after reaching San Francisco was 
made to Golden Gate Park, a large and handsome public planta- 
tion overlooking both the city and the ocean. The season, how- 
ever, was unusually dry and very few specimens were found, most 
of these being gathered among the tree-ferns in a shaded ravine. 
During a period of rainy weather, the extensive wooded areas 
of this park should yield a rich harvest of fungi. 
onday, November 20, we visited the University of 
California and made arrangements through Professor Setchell 
and Mrs. Brandegee to examine the Harkness’ types of fungi 
placed in storage by the California Academy of Sciences after 
the loss of their building during the great earthquake. These 
types are in envelopes within pasteboard boxes and are in good 
condition. The Academy is preparing to erect a handsome 
