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ARNOLD ARBORETUM. the New York newspapers, and without Garden and Forest I do not feel that I have any very satisfactory
way of reaching the public; still it won't do to allow matters to rest as they are. Suppose you emerge from your shell long
enough to give me your views on this subject and tell me when and where we are next to meet. With best wishes for the New
Year, I am, dear Muir, always faithfully yours, illegible John Muir, Esq. Martinez, Cal.