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Verbal changes in other sections to conform to the 
amendments were authorized. The Council recommends 
that the membership ratify the above action. Send your 
vote on a postal card to Miss A. E. Ehlelrs, 2741 Prince 
Street, Berkeley. 
THE ANNUAL DINNER. 
( Concluded from last issue ) 
The Toastmaster then introduced Mr. Parish. 
“I will tell you something,” said Mr. Parish, “of 
the country where I have resided for many years — 
Southern California. We are always known for our loy- 
alty to the state, but that characteristic is very strongly 
developed in Southern California. We think that is 
about all there is of California. I will tell you why I 
think the place I lived in, San Bernardino, has superior 
advantages from the botanical point of view — because 
there is accessible such a very great variety of floral 
regions. From my old home one has about him something 
like the valley of Sacramento in the general character of 
the flora. You can start from there and in less than half 
a day you come to a fine coniferous forest. Next day if 
you wish you can take your auto and drive down to the 
sea coast and there you have a great variety of marshes 
and salt pools. If you have a little more time you can 
see the insular flora on Catalina. It is very interesting 
to see the difference in growth due to the environment. 
Now we come home again and the next day we can 
go out on the Mojave desert which is very high — three to 
four thousand feet. The vegetation is peculiar. We see 
the Joshua tree which is very grotesque and the various 
sorts of cactus and many other peculiar plants. So you 
could keep on for two or three days, getting continually 
into new floral regions. Or you could go out on the 
Colorado desert which is low — five hundred feet altitude. 
Here are palms and many other kinds of vegetation. 
Keep on that day and you will get down to the Mexican 
border where the vegetation is very peculiar. ’ ’ 
The Toastmaster finally called upon Dr. Abrams. 
“I looked forward to today and tonight with a great 
deal of pleasure,” said Dr. Abrams, “and up to this 
present moment I have enjoyed myself thoroughly. I 
have been in Southern California, too, and I am tempted 
to tell you one of my experiences there. I never expect 
to have another such view as from the summit of the 
San Bernardino Mountains. From the top of this range, 
a little over eleven thousand feet, we were able to see, on 
a day in July, the Southern Sierras very clearly. We 
could see the Providence Mountains and also ranges in 
Arizona. We could see Table Mountain in Lower Cali- 
fornia, and Catalina Island. In other words we could see 
the whole of Southern California. 
‘ ‘I wish to tell you of one of the things we are 
especially interested in at Stanford. Senator Stanford 
began an arboretum as a part of his home grounds. It 
