U N I V. or C A L. WARCH a 6, 1876. 
detar doctor, 
the inclosed sprio or oak • O. AGRIFOLJIA? : may throw 
SOME LIGHT ON A DIFriCULTY YOU MAY HAVE MET WITH I N*C ACCOUNT I NG FOR 
differences in the time and MODE OF FLORITION OF THE SPECIES^ IN THE 
SPRIG 1 SENT YOU THE OTHER DAY, THE AMENTS CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE 
OI^WOOD^ .from S^^ THIS IS THE NORMAL CASE, JUST NOW, HOW- 
EVE THE MAJORITY OF OAKS IN THIS IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FLOWERING 
FROM THIS YEARS SPROUTS AND ANY ONE NOT KNOWING HISTORICALLY THE CAUSE 
WOULD BE APT TO DIAGNOSTICATE A SPECIFIC DIFFERENCE, 
THE FACT IS, THAT THESE LATE-FLOWE R I NG OAKS WERE TWICE DENUDED OF 
;THEIgLEAVES LAST SEASON BY CATARP I LLARS, AND BARELY MADE A RESPECTA- 
BLE GROWTH OF LEAVES BEFORE WINTER, THUS USING UP ALL THE^R AVAILABLE 
BUDS, SO THEY HAD TO TURN OUT SOME BRANCHES BEFORE THEY ' COULD BLOOM, 
AND THAT*S WHAT*S % THE MATTER. 
THE FACT THAT SEEDS FIND OPPORTUNITY TO GERMINATE, AND PLANTS TO 
DEVELOP AND BLOOM IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES AT ALMOST ANY SEASON OF THE 
YEAR, |CMOPL I CATES VERY MUCH THE FORMS WHICH ONE AND THE SAME PLANT MAY 
ASSUME IN THIS CONTRY, ANNUALS BECOME BIENNIAL3WHEN SOWED AT ONE TIME^ 
AND DIE OUT AS THEY SHOULD WHEN BROUGHT INTO BLOOM A LITTLE SOONER. THE 
ESCHSCHOLTZIAS NOW IN BLOOM ARE ABOUT 3 TIMES THE SIZE OF THOSETHAT 
BLOOMED IN OCTOBER, FROM SEED THAT IS COMING UP ABOUT THIS TIME, AND 
IS NOW HAVING ITS SECOND CROP OF FLOWERS; WHILE THE SEED THAT CAME* UP 
WHEN THE RAINS SET IN, WILL EXHAUST ITSELF WITHIN A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, 
SO WITH mignonette; some SOWN JUST A YEAR AGO, IS NOW HAVNG ITS SECOND 
FULL CROP OF FLOWERS, 
YOURS FAITHFULLY 
