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Thousand Palms Ca_on Mendocino hillside. It was a beatiful spot in a desert land. Grass, water, wood and just beyond the ever gaunt mystical desert ranges. In Thousand Palm Ca_on there are, roughly estimated, about 350 trees in lower grove and 220 in upper grove, 1/2 mile n., and maybe 20 in all in a scattered lot in the east of lower grove, say 600 in all. At Willis settlement there are about 275. Edom [Block] Station S. P. is about 3 miles west of south of Willis' ranch. No. 6042. Cyperus laevigatus L. Side of shallow streamlet in Thousand Palm Ca_on No. 6043. Eleocharis capitata R. Br. With preceding
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22 May 1914. Riverside Co. - Washingtonia Leaves 3 to 5 ft. 7 inches long as to petiole. Blades 2 1/2 to 3 ft. No.6044. Phragmites communis Trin. Cave in Thousand Palms Ca_on. The horses eat it a little but prefer the Distichlis spicata which is young & fresh. No. 6045. Washingtonia filifera. Thousand Palms Ca_on. No. 6046. Larrea tridentata Cov. var. glutinosa Jepson Roots spread out on surface, 5 to 25 feet from individual, size of a thread to a cord and where uncovered in a wash by wind or water action resemble a gigantic spider's web.
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