
          both because of want of time &
 the absence of data on this coast to
 do the work accurately. Many
 families I will not attempt, 
 of course. So far as it goes, I
 think I have the best lot of material
 ever collected here, although the
 actual number of species is 
 much smaller than that collected
 by several others, especially Dr
 Bigelow. Some of them must be
 new, but I am much more anxious
 to defer publishing until it can 
 be done well than to farther
 enhance botany by the introduction
 of a new batch of synonyms.


 I shall probably bring a
 suite of specimens East next winter
 for examination.


 I cannot but think that
 very many Californian species 
 will prove new varieties. There
 appears to be a greater tendency for
 plants to [sprout?] in local varieties
 here than anywhere else I have ever
        