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,T dTo NOT, however, FORM MASSES LIKe/tHOSE ON THE WESTERN sfP^E OF’tHE 
WAHSATCH, oust above salt lake city; and yet I HAVE IT IN MY MIND THAT 
IT WAS THE same OAK. 
AS a . dougAii , I suppose it is the one known hereabouts as 
"CANYON 0AK"T^CAU^ IT IS FOUND IN THE LARGER VALLEYS THAT TRAVERSE 
the COAST RANGE. THE NEAREST POINT WHERE I KNOW IT TO GROW IS ABOUT 30 
miles south , ON THE NORTHWARD SLOPES OF ALAMEDA CAN^)N, THROUGH WHICH 
THE C.P. R.R. RUNS. 
YOU SEE I AM NEITHER WELL POSTED, NOR VERY WELL SITUATED FOR OBSER-^ g 
VING , THUS FAR, LAST YEAR I COULD COLLECT AND OBSERVE ONLY PASSIM. | < 
THIS YEAR I HOPE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE EXTENSIVE EXCURSIONS, £ d 
and WILL^COLLECT wherever I GO. BUT j/aM WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO SEE THAT “ l3 
VOLUME ON THE BOTANY OF CAL,, FOR THUS FAR I AM REDUCED TtfWATSONS VOL. g g 
ON THE BOTANY OF THE FORTIETH PARALLEL, WHICH I HAVE MYSELF; IN THE 
UNIV* LIBRARY THERE IS SCARCELY ANYTHING ON THE SUBJECT, AND OF COURSE 
I AM UNABLE TO DETERMINE SPECIFICALLY THE MOST COMMON PLANTS AROUND HERE* 
BOLANDER I KNOW PERSONALLY; BUT HE NEVER COMES OVER HERE, AND WHEN I 
GO TO THE CITY I AM USUALLY TOO MUCH PRESSED FOR TIME TO HUNT HIM UP* 
FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS, DURING WHCCH HE WAS SUP»T OF PUBL I C I NSTRUCT I ON, 
HE HAS DONE VERY LITTLE IN BOTANY; SO HE TOLD ME* THE DIFFICULTY OF COM- 
MUNICATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO IS AT PRESENT 90 GREAT,, THAT I HAVE NOT 
even become a MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY, BECAUSE I COULD NOT ATTEND ONE IN 
20 OF ITS MEETINGS. IT TAKES 4 HOURS TO GO & COME. THIS WILL SOON BE |Mr 
PROVED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAM CARS BETWEEN BERKELEY • THE SITE OF 
the UNIVERSITY i AND OAKLAND; WHEN THE TIME TO THE CITY WILL BE REDUCED 
TO HALF. AT PRESENT WE MISS EVERYTHING THAT GOES ON, UNLESS WE MAKE UP 
OUR MINDS TO STAY OVERNIGHT. 
you ASK ABOUT MY EYE TROUBLE. THEY ARE SIMPLY IRRITATED — NOTHING 
else SEEMS TO BE THE MATTER. THE OCULISTS CAN IMAGINE NO CAUSE FOR lljcx- 
CEPT MY DOUBLE-SEEING, AND THE CONSEGUENT GREAT EFFORT AT CO-tAPTAT I ON. 
but I HAVE SEEN DOUBLE AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER; AND I FIND THAT THE 
USE OF PRISMATIC SPECTACLES DOES NOT RELIEVE ME AT ALL. ©UERYt WILL THE 
STRABISMUS OPERATION BE ANY MORE EFFECTUAL^ -- IT WAS THOUGHT THAT AN 
IMPROVEMENT IN MY GENERAL HEALTH WOULD LEAD TO THE SUBS I OENCE OF THIS 
irritation; but it continues just so long as I USE MY EYES FOR ANY CLOSE 
WORK, AND BECOMES I NSENS I BLE^HENE VER, FOR SOME TIME, I USE THEM ONLY 
pOR GENERAL SEEING. THE SAME AS REGARDS SENSITIVENESS TO LIGHT. 
WE ARE JUST NOW HAVING A HOT LEGISLATIVE FIGHT OVER THE POLICY OF 
THE UNIVERSITY — THE OFTEN REPEATED CONTEST BETWEEN THE IGNORANCE OF 
agrarianism AND THE 0 CAUSE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. IF WE WIN — AS I 
trust we WILL — I WILL HAVE A FINE CHANCE TO WORK OUT A GREAT MANY IN- 
TERSTING QUESTIONS. IF WE LOSE, f MAY BE BACK TO THE STATES THIS SUM- 
MER* SUCH IS THE LIFE OF A TEACHER OF SCIENCE IN THIS COUNTRY* - GREE- 
NGS TO DORAI yours flAITHfUVVY 

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