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Martinez, July 17, 1904. Dear scholars four, Mabel Colf, Lilian Sexton, Marie Watron Harmon O. Parsons, I was far away
in Australia beneath the Southern Cross when your kind good letters to me were written, when I got home I read them. non of
the big pile on my desk pleased me more. It was very kind of you to write these letters, I thank you your teacher others
for the honors you report, especially the dedication of your Arbor Day Redwood. The Redwood grows taller than any other tree
in the world. One that I measured was 340 feet high, some may be 50 or 60 feet higher, while the tallest Australian Eucalyptus
as far as known does not exceed 300 feet in height,