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ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 24, 1898. My dear Muir: You have done the trick this
time and done it well. Last Saturday I received an unsigned telegram saying the Abies flowers were sent. Not knowing then
that, you had left for the mountains, I supposed that the telegram had been sent by Miss Eastwood whom I knew was in the field,
so this morning when I received a letter from her saying that she had been unsuccessful in securing the pistillate flowers
I felt rather dejected, but about noon your box came and I feel sure, that it was you who sent the telegram. You know what
a service you have done me and how fully I appreciate it. It is not worth while therefore to make an effort at effusive thanks,
which I am sure you realize as fully as if they were spoken. Canby and I are laying our plans for our southern trip, and
if we do not have a good time when we get together again it will be your fault. Nothing new about the forestry situation,
the matter being still in the hands of the conference committee. Faithfully yours, illegible John Muir, Esq. Martinez,
Cal. 02434