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in newspapers and 
tent by ape les 
azines th subject-matter 
is 
he Society is ex- 
pe ‘ected to peer this work. 
—Many cities have 
for public use and enjoyment 
nd distinguished for 
s is one of the m 
ans of preserving plant 
struction, and Sati will 
e. 
some few in- 
ek clan to invoke 
tec t 
emerge 
EDITORLAI.. 
Laid pub lish this month an outline of 
the work proposed ed the wild flower 
Siacncaieueaitont soctety hich we consider 
worthy the encouragement of our 
readers. In Cali cana Wwe stand in need 
of the preservation re eertain eer dotl 
and th taken 
one The Pa e 
caucus enced of Souther rn Califor- 
mia, is in m pene rie need of protec- 
tion from the irit of commercialism, 
dial syir penton with the ob- 
pat *) ie organizatio 
RANDSBURG MINING DISTRICT. 
A topographic map of the country ad- 
jacent to the Randsburg and Jchan- 
Pret California, is 
h dra. and e 
braces almost equal portions of Kern 
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and San Bernat ‘dino counties, and 
shows part of the location of the 
Randsburg Railroad, which connects 
gas nesburg with Barstow, San- Ber- 
ote = county 
rte: eale of this map is approxi- 
betel one mile to the inch. 
tour vertical interval of 5 
A: >» Lopographic hactavan of the re- 
All roads, trails, mines, 
are shown with great exact: 
and—most impor tant in 
ry—the ions 
eae quality but is insufficient in quan- 
tity, and w the ater company 
charges are not there regarded as ex 
ish thos n r 
this desert countr Persons occupying 
houses or without ter pipes 
usually pay one dollar a barrel for 
ter : 
The whole area repres sésica on this 
sheet me one of the most forbidding des- 
erts in the United States. The valleys 
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