Muhlenbergia . terest to western l)i)tanisls. Price | Volume 2, not yet completed. The 340 pages issued deal with the explo-rations of A. A. Heller in Caliturnia during 1905, 1906, and 1907. The com-pleted volume will contain about 425 pages. Price Volumes 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8 and 9 (current), issued as a monthly Price each CATALOG OF NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS This work is being pushed along as rapidly as possible, andwill be onipleted soon. Several valuable featnres not in formereditions are found in this one, as family name at the top of thepage, and citation of publication of famil
Muhlenbergia . terest to western l)i)tanisls. Price | Volume 2, not yet completed. The 340 pages issued deal with the explo-rations of A. A. Heller in Caliturnia during 1905, 1906, and 1907. The com-pleted volume will contain about 425 pages. Price Volumes 3, 4, 5 6, 7, 8 and 9 (current), issued as a monthly Price each CATALOG OF NORTH AMERICAN PLANTS This work is being pushed along as rapidly as possible, andwill be onipleted soon. Several valuable featnres not in formereditions are found in this one, as family name at the top of thepage, and citation of publication of families and genera. Thebook will be cloth bound, price $ postpaid. Your subscrip-tion is solicited now, but payment may be made when the bookis delivered. Your name now will save expense later, as thebook may be bound in the east, and mailing from the binderywill save freight charges. A. .V, llrlhT,Hox 85:i, CliHo, California Volume 9 Number lo MUHLENBERGIA FEBRUARY 15, 1915 Kdited and published by A. A CUNTENTS:The Whitewater Sands: S. B. ParishIndex Box 853Chii:o, Cahfornia 133140 Volume 9 February 15, 1915 MUHLENBERGIA THE WHITEWATER SANDSBy S. B. Parish That part of southern California which drains towards thePacific ocean, commonly called the Cismontane Region, is sep-arated from the Colorado desert by a lofty range of mountains,through which the San Gorgonio pass affords a wide and easyopening. The summit of the pass is but 2558 feet above sealevel, while on the one hand the twin peaks San Gorgonio andSan Bernardino each exceeds 12000 feet, and on the other, SanJacinto, loooo feet in altitude. Beyond, the hot desert slopesrapidly between the long ranges of scorched mountains whichborder it on either side to the Saltou sink, whose greatest depthis 275 feet below the level of the sea. The principal drainageof the desert slope of San Gorgonio is carried by the White-water, a considerablestream, as streams are reckoned in this drycountry, and smaller streams descend
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