
          Washington City 22 June 1848

My dear Sir,

I have referred in the pamphlet on
California, now being printed to the Redwood
tree as a Cypress ("Thuja"). I sent you the 
drawing in order that you might be satisfied
that it was not an [underlined:abies]. The cedar to
which we have referred in the report, as
being from 120 to 130 feet high belongs to a 
different tribe, it, must certainly be a
juniperus, its foliage is much the same
as that of the redwood, but it bears
berries like those of the common cedar.

You will see by the pamphlet that it is
not owing to particularly favorable locality
that the redwood [added: mentioned] attained such great size

I have frequently measured them nine
ten and eleven feet diameter, and they are
the tallest forest trees on the western
coast.

I have been looking over
        