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40_26 Berkeley - Insects and native plants. Eschscholtzia californica often "bleeds" from its root-crown, giving rising to a fluffy whitish or foamy mass, a little like soap suds. This is caused by the attack of the spittle bug, a member of the Cercoptidae. - Botanical Collectors in Cal. Trace of the collectors on Pac. R. Survey who were MD's might be had from Cyclopaedia of Americam Medical Biography (1912) by H.A. Kelley M.D. and American Medical Biography (1919). With W.L. Burrage. Address 1406 Eutaw Place, Baltimore Md. cf. current Who's Who for verifying addresses. |
40_27 Vacaville, July 20, 1923. No. 10,024. Grindelia camporum Greene. At Little Oak Ranch _. - Native weeds. Asclepias mexicana is becoming abundant over 10 or 15 acres of the south-west corner of old Broughton tract. This is now prime orchard; and it may be that cultivation helps this species. No. 10,025. Corylus cornuta var. californica Sonoma Ca_on, June 28. See p. 16 for trip. _ Even in the youngest flowers the pappus-bristles loosen quickly, so that the exact number is not so easy to make certain; the number appears to be 4. |
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