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Whitney (Volcano) Creek. - Willows - habit of Nos. 952 & 954. (drawing of willow) with dead branch Round broad heads - many stems from a clustered base plant Numerous depressed dead branches at base. - Sketch from creek - branch of Whitney.
Met a young fellow, Cox of Bakersfield on the trail. Had met him before at Carroll Creek. Stopped for a moment's chat. At last said he: Are you botanizing? Then I had quite a talk
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July 23, 1900.
with him and found him much interested in my work. So it has been constantly. Scarcely a person I meet on this trail but asks: "Are you a botanist?" Or "Are you botanizing?", and appreciate or at least understand what I am about. Tourists, mountaineers, prospective rangers, packers, what not. Said Cox, in parting I'd like to camp by you for a week! He was plainly an Englishman.
The blazes on the Hockett & Whitney Meadow Trail are mostly long & narrow.
[drawing of lozenge shapes, some with "caterpillar" legs]
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