
          2.


 (When I say collecting I mean flowering
 plants).


 On those plains I met also
 Castanea chrysophylla 120-150
 feet high, while it is a mere
 shrub with us here at Oakland.
 The tree was in full bloom
 23 Sept.


 I noticed in that region a great
 absence in the Lichenose vegetation;
 indeed, it was quite surprising.
 At Monterey I found the same
 want in cryptoganus.


 Do you wish a set of my
 Lichens, mosses, [charas]
 hepaticae? If so, I shall
 put them up nicely and in good
 excellent specimens during
 this winter.


 Prof. Whitney arrived safely here
 and is quite busy again.
        