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4 fertile branches over the glaciers where even the sturdy P. Sitchensis could not grow farther down the Inlet 12 miles
or so where the conditions of soil climate were not so severe, P. Sitchensis formed about 1/2 the forest. This is in illegible
about 62. I'll send you photos as soon as I can. There are broad extensive forests of S. Spruce western hemlock etc about
Cook Inlet with a birch wood for canoe making about 30 ft high 18 inches dia. I am promised the flowers of it. One of the
finest of the flower effects I saw was made by the dwarf Kamachalka? rhododendron on the Shumagin Isles - one glorious mass
of purple. The flrs 1 inch long 1 1/2 wide. The bushes, prostrate in dense exclusive mats. Expect to hear many hasty generalizations
from Fernow He jumps at conclusions with the boldness of short sight, I wish I could be with you as you plan but I must fet
some of this writing off my hand. Thanks for your kind invitation. You come here well go to the Sequoias perhaps get a Redwood
park organized. Remember me to your family Ever Yours Cordially. John Muir