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Martinez, June 21, 98 My dear Prof. Sargent After mailing a letter to you yesterday I received the enclosed from Miss
Eastwood which shows pretty clearly that no magnifica flower may be looked for from the summit station. And Mr Sonne from
what I saw of the Washoe trees is not very likely to collect any, for in a day in these woods I saw not a single tree with
staminate flowers even though they are ten thousand times more abundant then the pistillate. In case then that any accident
should befall the box I expressed you on the 17th from Truckee I sent you today another from here so much potter pother? about
a small matter may seem silly but I assure you that this year pistillate flrs of magnifica are mighty scare There was a fine
crop three years ago. last year