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2 half dozen of new species for that generous illegible ing wh you propose Did I tell you that our wee primula grows upon
the Hoffman Range a few miles west of Mt Hoffman also on the E slope of the Sierra, between Mts Lyell Ritter? Here are a few
plants wh I wish you would name for me, Our winter is very glorious. January was a block of Solid illegible gold not of the
thin frosty kind but of a quality that called forth butterflies tingled the fern coils filled the moorstide with a dreamy
hum of insect wings On the 15th of Jan I found our big Phacelia in full 3 bloom on the N side the valley about 1000
feet above the bottom or 5000 above the sea. Also at the same sunny nook several bushes of :Arctoslaphylos glanea? were in
full flower, many other plants were swelling their buds breathing fragrance showing that they were full of the thoughts intentions
of Spring This month up to present date has been profusely filled with snow About ten feet has fallen on the bottom of the
Valley since the 30th of Jan Your Prunulas? on Clouds Rest must be covered to a dept of at least 12 or 15 feet I wish you
could see our pines in full bloom of soft snow, or waving in Storm