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ARNOLD ARBORETUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Jamica Plain, Mass., January 2, 1897 My dear Muir: That handsome shrub with smooth
red bark and minute leaves which we saw in the ca on below Hemet valley is Adenostoma sparsifolium, a species which is confined
to that part of the state and which I -had not seen before. I am now able to get about a little without crutches and mean
to start for Washington next week to see if I can do anything about reservations. Faithfully yours, illegible John Muir,
Esq. Martinez, Cal. 02205