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WEST AMERICAN SCIENTIST. 



to the Pacific coast in a region 

 which had been go often enriched 

 by his early botanical labors as a 

 collaborator. 



Subsequently collectors hare fre- 

 quently visited this locality, bear- 

 ing away to the remotest portions 

 of the world seed of this pine, 

 which., so far as is known, is con- 

 fined to a coast line of not more 

 than four miles, lying between 

 San Dieguito and about a mile be- 

 low Soledad and extending scarce- 

 ly a mile inland. 



The bulk of the tree growth is 

 here mainly confined to a series of 

 high broken cliffs and deeply in- 

 dented ravines on the bold head- 

 lands overlooking the sea south of 

 Soledad valley 'and within the cor- 

 porate limits of the town of San 

 Diego, Here within a radius of not 

 more than half a mile this singular 

 species may be seen to the best 

 advantage clinging to the face of 

 the crumbling yellowish sand- 

 stone or shooting up in more grace- 

 ful forms its scant foliage in the 

 shelter of the deep ravines, bathed 

 with frequent sea- fog. One of 

 the finest specimens seen reaches 

 a height of nearly fifty feet and 

 shows a trunk eighten inches in 

 diameter at base. 



Thirty years after this first dis- 

 covery, in the fall of 1880, the wri- 

 ter visited this locality for the sec- 

 ond time, accompanied by the 

 well known botanist, Dr. George 

 Engelmann of St. Louis. At that 

 time more complete examinations 

 were made and sections of a trunk 

 over one foot in diameter were 

 procured and sent to the Forest 

 Commission of the Tenth United 

 States Census. 



Only a short time since the 

 writer again visited the locality,, 

 aided by the liberality of the Cal- 

 ifornia Southern Kailroad Compa- 

 ny, whose track makes this fine 

 resort easily accessible by barely 

 an hour's travel from San Diego. 

 ; Here, seeking' shelter from the fer- 

 vid rays of a February sun under 

 the scant shade of this decrepit 

 forest, listening to the sullen dash 

 of the Pacific waves against the 

 bold shores* among other thoughts, 

 suggested by the inspiring - scene 

 and its past associations, one floats 

 uppermost like drifting seaweed 

 and finds a fitting expression here. 

 Why should not San Diego, with- 

 in whose corporate limits this, 

 straggling remnant of a past age 

 finds a last lingering resting place., 

 secure from extermination this 

 remarkable and unique Pacific 

 coast production, so singularly 

 confined within its boundaries? 

 dedicating this spot of ground for- 

 ever to the cause of scientific in- 

 struction and recreation ? Where 

 wiser generations than ours may 

 sit beneath its ampler shade and 

 listening to the same musical 

 waves thank us for sparing: "that 

 tree.'* 



Phacelia oxodes, Kellogg, was 

 again found on the shores of To- 

 dos Santos Bay, a coarse viscid 

 plant from six inches to six feet 

 in height with a large perennial 



root. 



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A cultivated plant of Escholt- 

 zia in this city bore one hundred 

 and seventy-five flowers for seve- 

 ral days in succession the first 

 week in May. 



