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Excerpt from The Trees of California The line drawings are mainly the work of the late Miss Mary H. Swift. Who was at the time of her death rapidly developing into a botanical artist of unusual promise. The author also takes pleasure in expressing thanks to his friend. Arthur W. Ryder. Assistant Professor of Sanskrit in the University of California, who most generously read the entire proof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.