Letter from Mary Elizabeth Parsons to John Muir, [ca. 1900] Nov 21.

[2]our book, but I have endeavored on the enclosed piece of paper to show as nearly as I can the size and color of our flower from memory. I have read over the descriptions of Erigeron caespitosus and E. [salsuginosus?] - and am sure ours is the latter. the botanists of the Academy also determine it...

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Main Author: Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1900
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Online Access:https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/15417
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Summary:[2]our book, but I have endeavored on the enclosed piece of paper to show as nearly as I can the size and color of our flower from memory. I have read over the descriptions of Erigeron caespitosus and E. [salsuginosus?] - and am sure ours is the latter. the botanists of the Academy also determine it as such. In reading over the descrition of caespitosus which I enclose - it does not seem possible it could[1]Dear Mr MuirI thank you very much for your kind letter and encouraging words about our book on the wild flowers. I should have written before but have been trying to secure a specimen of the Arctic daisy (as we supposed it) to send you. But I can get only a poor dried up thing which gives no conception of its beauty. I am not the artist of02757 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/40352/thumbnail.jpg