Letter from Mary Elizabeth Parsons to John Muir, 1896 Dec 10.
[2]may someday be my good fortune to meet it on its native meadow.I enjoyed the mountain flowers exceedingly at Deer Park.I think we are specially favored in being able pass on up into the full spring tide of the mountains, as soon as our lowland blossoms have fled. [1]Dec 10 1896My Dear Mr. Muir.I...
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| Summary: | [2]may someday be my good fortune to meet it on its native meadow.I enjoyed the mountain flowers exceedingly at Deer Park.I think we are specially favored in being able pass on up into the full spring tide of the mountains, as soon as our lowland blossoms have fled. [1]Dec 10 1896My Dear Mr. Muir.I thank you very much for your kind letter.I fear I have made you a good deal of trouble about the little Arctic Daisy. I hope it will soon be described and properly determined as it surely must deserve recognition And I also hope it02187 [3]and [then?] to find the [Compositae?] marshalling their cohorts in autumn splendor, on our return.There is really but a very small portion of our year which is blossomless, so lavish is Nature in this wonderful land.Thanking you again, most sincerely.I amVery gratefully and cordially Mary Elizabeth ParsonsSan Rafael, Cal. Dec. 10th 1896. |
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