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40_150 Berkeley, 25 Mar. 1924. L. F. Henderson lost his entire botanical collection and library in a fire. He has never donr anything in Botany since. He is now running an apple orchard in Idaho. I think very highly of Marshall Howe. He has been made Assistant Director at the N.Y. Bot. [Botanical] Garden. He should have had the place when Murrill was appointed." - So spoke Eggleston. He is traveling on the poisonous plant investigations. - Mar. 25, '24. - Se-quo-yah. A portrait is in McKinney & Hall, History of the Indian Tribes of N. Am. [North America] vol. 1, p. 63-70 (1838). - Cal. Botanical Explorers. Re. A. R . Wallace's visit to Cal; see Pamphlets on Cal. boany, U. C. Library, vol. 1. |
40_151 Vacabille, Feb. 1924. No. 10,311 b. Centaurea calcitrapa L. Early leaf rosettes from the perennial root. Seizing light space and crowding out competition. Inverness, Feb. 10, 1924. - Senecio mikanioides - Vinca major - The following are found at as low altitudes as 10 ft.: Holodiscus discolor Baccharis pilularis Corylus rostrata Diplacus glutinosa Nutt. Some are perhaps found lower than 10 ft. above mean tide level. - Agave. Louis Luna the old-time keeper of a Mexican restaurant is S. F., used to say: "Ah, Senor, drink mescal. It is the fine drink to make you drunk; but next morning you have no headache!" An interesting reccommendation! No bad after effects! The alcohol in it goes to one's head almost instantly. |
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