NO. 4 CALIFORNIA STREET. 



C. A. HOOPER & CO., Agents. 



Russ Lumber and Mill Company. 



C. A. HOOPER, 



). W. HOOPER, 



E. F. BURRELL, 



F. S. PLIMPTON, 



"EXCELSIOR MILLS" 



HUMBOLDT BAY, CALIFORNIA 



CxT-NKRAL MANAGER'S OFFICK, 



San Diego, Cal., MarCh IStJti, 1890. 



Geo. sL, Davenport, Esq, / 



Haiuilton Place, Boston, ' 

 Mass* 



Dear Sir: - 



I forward you by this raail a sn.all 

 package containliig soms specimens of the 'Ophioglossiim Nudicaule", 



1 do not send this with the idea that they are rare or valua- 

 -ble, but only thinking that they roay perchance at some time be of use 

 to you in way of exchanBe. 



They are unusually abiandant with us the present season, and 

 have not beea able to resist old habits of making botanical collec- 

 -tions. „ 



These ferns grow in spots all over the' mesa in our unimproved 

 City Park of 1400 acres, and the best specimens are usually found in 

 moist localities, growing with, or quite near the "Dodecatheon Clevela- 

 -ndi" now in its prime. This has been one of our wet seasons, and 

 consequently very favorable for all speci/e/Is oif v/ild Flowers. 



You would enjoy a ramble through bouthern California at this 

 time, though to my taste the New England flora is move attractive in 

 many ways. Nature has used a liberal brush in this region, and the 

 effect as a matter of course is rather cloying as regards the Wild 

 Flowers, and then again the almost entire absense of trees (except in 

 the mountains) is a serious drawback to one accustomed to Eastern Sc- 

 ►enery. 



