
          I hope you had time to get that
 collection from [?] at San
 Francisco, of which I wrote to you
 If not I will see if I can send
 them when I go to the Bay.


 I believe the pine at base of the
 mts. [mountains] here is P. Coutten, [then?] cones
 [P. ponderosa, P. Lahincana, A. Douglassi; 
 P. Lauhestiana, Lib. decurraus H. menziessi, graudis? [added: P. contorta] Williamsonii,?]
 in succession as we
 go up except that their order is
 variable with locality in some
 degree, & some occur at times so
 much mixed log there that if is
 difficult to determine priority. The 
 last [?] grows only on the [?]
 (near Lake Taho [Tahoe]) which is the only
 part I have ascended very high
 I made these notes in [with ?]
 & they may not be quite correct.
 Hoping this may find yourself
 & family well I remain


 Yours Respectfully
 Jas. G. Cooper
        