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QUERCUS AGRIFOLIA ON WARNER RANCH 
The oaks of Warner Ranch have long been noted 
in the relations of travelers. The ranch is a large do- 
main lying high in the Peninsular Range of San Diego 
County, at an altitude of 2700 to 3200 feet. From the 
ranch, by way of San Felipe Pass, one may in a few 
hours reach the level of the Colorado Desert. As one 
runs through this pass, grove after grove of these tine 
oaks succeed each other, the dark green crowns raising 
from a silvery level of undergrowth, the even colonies 
of the true Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). The 
assemblage is notable for the height and more especially 
the narrowness of the crowns of many trees. Towards 
the western end of the ranch, near the San Luis Rey 
River and eight miles west of Warner Springs, stands 
the famous individual known as the Rincon Oak. The 
trunk of this tree has been recently measured by Mr. 
J. A. Ream, who finds it to be 25* feet, 6 inches in 
circumference at the smallest part, which is about 4 
feet above the ground.— W. L. Jepson. 
YELLOW SKUNK CABBAGE IN THE SANTA CRUZ 
MOUNTAINS 
Specimens of Lysichiton kamtschatcense have re- 
cently been received from Mr. Geo. J. Streator, who col- 
lected them in the Santa Cruz Mountains. The leaf- 
blades of the largest leaves are 18 to 19 inches long 
and 8 to 10 inches wide; the petioles are 14 inches 
long ; the spadix is lYs inches long. 
Mr. Streator, who is past three score and ten, but 
still alert and acute, writes of his field experience with 
this plant in the following vein: “On the road from 
Ben Lomond village up to Empire grade highway, at 
about 1000 feet elevation, is a little marsh formed from 
a spring that comes out higher up. This small area, 
where the Skunk Cabbage grows thriftily, is largely 
shaded. Out of its moisture saturated home spring 
the paddle-shaped blades near five feet in height. Much 
lower are the yellow but not vividly conspicuous 
flowers. 
It was April 2 when, in sauntering step, I took in 
the beauty and fascinations of the way, looking for the 
little swamp that I first saw some ten years ago. I 
found the larger clumps in flower and carefully select- 
ing plants and flowers for pressing, with a few small 
plants to test out in cultivation, over the mountain I 
strode homeward, richer in mind than if the find had 
been gold.” 
This coastal species is not elsewhere known in Cali- 
fornia south of the Russian River. It has also been 
reported from Ft. Bragg, Eureka and Little Yan Duzen 
bridge. — W. L. Jepson. 
