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4_48 Saturday, July 7, 1900. thriftily on the alkali; less than a foot high, grows very thickly; wet in the morning (herbage wet); in the afternoon one can take the leaves and rub the pure salt out onto the hand. I take it that this is Atriplex spicata Wats. which I have seen very abundant on the lowlands about Main Prairie (Plant = Frankenia grandifolia! _ Aug. 1900 R.H. Fray, Travers, Tulare Co. Cal. -_________________________ Mrs. J.R. Boyd, Travers, California |
4_49 King's River Canon The second name is that of the patriarch of the party. The first plant would fill the need of a bee plant for this region but for its skipping a year in the blooming. Five in this party. They have killed a couple of bear, an old bear and a cub, and a deer. I always find such parties of hunters of interest. One of them, around the camp-fire last night, was telling me of his experience in catching buffalo fish with a trammel net in Red River, Texas (Orange Lake). The fish feed on acorns!!!! They do not come out on dry land to get them(!) but the oaks grow |
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