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6_26 Berkeley Anderson, the geologist, came in today and suprised me greatly by showing an excellent fruiting branch of Cupress Macnabiana, which he had discovered near Shasta. It is a rare species of Lake County, first collected near Mt. Shasta in 1854 but the exact locality not known and not since recollected. Mr. Anderson obtained his specimen at Whiskeytown. Whiskeytown is an abandoned mining camp in Shasta Co., a dozen miles or more in a straight line from Redding, and perhaps half-a-dozen |
6_27 Sept. 25,1900 miles in a straight line from the Sacramento River. It is not far from the old-time town of Shasta which has something of historical interest. A few miles east of Whiskeytown, along the road, the attention of the traveler was strongly attracted by trees of this species. There were perhaps 20 or 25 met with in that section, scattered along the road for 1/4 mile. The country is a flat country, more or less brush-covered. The cypresses were confined to the dry flats. The highest trees were 15 ft.h.; they were very slender. Mr. Anderson emphasized |
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