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38_172 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Coast. --On reaching the south shore of the Klamath Mr. Tracy expressed a wish to drive on to Eureka that night. It was now near six o'clock. I, of course, agreed, and we went on, stopping ot Maple Creek for a little lunch. We arrived in Eureka about 1:30 am. Mrs. Tracy, the mother, got up and made us [us? up?] a hot supper. The next morning I discovered the loss of my Field Book, this book. My last remembrance of it was at the crossing of the Klamath. In the afternoon Mr. Tracy and I drove back as far as Maple Creek, thinking possibly to find it. We did not, but had good botanizing on the fern prairie at the south end of Big Lagoon. [The book was found and returned to me by a lumber worker four days after my return to Berkeley.] |
38_173 Aug. 11, 1921. No. 9408. Lonicera involucrata No. 9408a. Cirsium Canada Thistle is common all along the road at intervals. No, 9409. Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Esch. Fern prairie, s. end Big Lagoon. No. 9410. Arctostaphylos tomentosa =A. columbiana Piper. Lindl. We walked down the gentle slope from the road, where we stopped the machine, along a wagon trail to the fern prairie flats at s. end of Big Lagoon. The upper part of the prairie has a little brush, one of the species being this Arctostaphylos. The shrubs were 4 to 7 ft. h. and gave every indication to my eye that they did not crown sprout. A little further along a strip had been burned thru, perhaps five years ago said Mr. Tracy. One manzanita killed outright by fire was still standing. It had been scarcely injured in |
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