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" Melanges," etc., has not yet come to hand, — but it 

 is siu-e to come in time through the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, and will be received with welcome. I will see 

 to the reproduction of the article on the Dominant 

 Language of the Twentieth Century, — English of 

 course. I am glad you will make a full index of the 

 " Prodromus " quoad Genera. I wish it had been 

 species, also ! 



Glaciers in California ! Why, there is a fair rem- 

 nant of one now, on the north side of Shasta, — and 

 more in the southern part of the Sierra ; and as to 

 glacial marks, the geologists note them abundantly. 



I am glad you saw much of Mr. Adams at Vallon. 

 Madame A. is the more of a talker, is she not ? Or, 

 perhaps she does not speak French. Adams is vice- 

 president of our American Academy ; and is, I hope, 

 presiding this evening at a meeting which I myself am 

 not well enough to attend. I hope he will become 

 president, for I mean to retire in May. . . . 



Dr. Parry passed last summer in the Colorado 

 Rocky Mountains, where Madame and I visited him, 

 in his cabin ; and we ascended Gray's Peak together 

 (14,400 feet). Torrey, old as he is, was there later, 

 but did not get up the twin Torrey' s Peak, though his 

 daughter did surmount Gray's Peak. . . . 



Now about myself. In what time I can save I am 

 assisting Brewer in the " Flora of California," and 

 shall do for him the Monopetalse, and finish next 

 summer, if my health does not fail. 



Moreover, this is my last year of university work. I 

 finish in July, and then resign, and give my remaining 

 time to the " Flora of North America." Although it 

 is so arranged, it is not yet to be announced. It is 

 difficult to drop at once the many things I have charge 



