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under the leadership of Professor J. G. Pierce of Stanford Uni- 

 versity. The party next proceeded to Monterey, in order to ex- 

 amine the remarkable tree island of the Monterey Peninsula, under 

 the leadership of Professor L. R. Abrams of Stanford University, 

 and of the chaparral under the guidance of Dr. W. S. Cooper. For 

 studies of the marine algae of the Monterey coast, parties were led 

 by Professor W. A. Setchell of the University of California. From 

 Monterey the excursion proceeded to Arizona, stopping off at 

 Mecca, in the Colorado Desert of California, for examination of the 

 desert flora, on a trip along the borders of the Salton Sea under the 

 direction of Dr. D. T. MacDougal of the Carnegie Desert Labora- 

 tory, and Mr. S. B. Parish of San Bernardino. 



W. L. Jepson. 



Dinner to the International Phytogeographic Excursion. 



The members of the Phytogeographic Excursion were entertained 

 at dinner by the California Botanical Society at the Hotel Oakland 

 on the evening of Friday, September 12th, 1913. Professor Jepson, 

 President of the Society, presided. 



The President: Members of the Botanical Society and hon- 

 ored guests: "We are met here at dinner to greet fraternally the 

 members of the Second International Phytogeographic Excursion 

 and give them a welcome to California. Just now the party is fresh 

 from the scenes of the Yosemite and Mariposa Big Trees, laden with 

 botanical spoils, and covered impartially with the dust of the San 

 Joaquin. We Californians, who have had the great privilege of 

 traveling with them, have had a delightful experience. These visi- 

 tors to Californa have been most appreciative of what we have had 

 to show. They have stepped blithely from dome to dome about 

 Yosemite, happily content that there was no danger, as amongst 

 the sharp-pointed Alps at home, of slivering a mountain peak in 

 one's foot. Without mar or accident, all has gone well. The great 

 quest in the Sierras was, to be sure, the Big Trees. We knew in 

 advance that they would desire to have cones of Sequoia gigantea. 

 As it is inconvenient to pick from the tops of the trees, we arranged 

 the matter with Mr. Zeus, a Greek citizen, and coworker with Mr. 

 Franklin and Mr. Farraday, to strike gently the top of one of the 

 trees with his bolt. So the party found on the ground about the 

 Indiana tree branchlets and cones neatly arranged for their in- 

 spection — and collection. One of the party regretted that the 

 azaleas along the Merced were not in flower. This was an oversight 

 which we lament, as we should have had them properly etherized. 

 But in any event the party was extremely appreciative of our 

 humble efforts in their behalf. 



