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Muir Martinez, Contra Costa County Cal, June 19th 1880. My dear Gray, I send you herewith specimens of the cones, las?
, wood of the Alaska cypress. When is that 2d Val of Cal. botany to appear. Do you know anything about a 2d edition of the
1st Vol. Not a single copy is to be had here for love or money. I was married last April, now have a fixed camp