Lanterna Rally

Author: Albert Kellogg

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Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781331901532

Excerpt from Illustrations of West American Oaks: From Drawings The history of the preparation and publication of this monograph is short and simple. Dr. Albert Kellogg had confided to Mr. W. G. W. Harford and to Dr. W. P. Gibbons of Alameda all his papers on Botany. They were incomplete, and there was apparently no hope of their being finished and published. Mr. Justin P. Moore and Mr. Harford asked Professor Davidson whether it was not possible to procure publication of the drawings of the Oaks of California by his appealing to Mr. James M. McDonald for the necessary means, and to Professor Edward Lee Greene of the University of California for the descriptions of the species. The following letter continues the narrative: Academic Club, San Francisco, California, August 15th, 1888. James M. McDonald, Esq., San Francisco, Cal.: Dear Sir - You will remember that for some years before his death, our common friend Dr. Albert Kellogg gave his whole time to making drawings of the Oaks, Pines and other trees and plants of the Pacific Coast of the United States, and more particularly of those indigenous to this State. Upon the completion of this self-imposed labor he proposed to write descriptions of all the species and thereby fill a scientific and a practical want. He did not live to see the consummation of this undertaking. You know how dearly he loved such work, and how thoroughly conscientious he was in its execution. His well trained eye perceived the peculiar characteristics of each species, and the delicate touch of his pen fixed the minutest details of every specimen upon paper. His drawings have received the warm commendations of critical experts. It would be a great loss to the diffusion of scientific knowledge and to the practical forestry of the Pacific Coast if Dr. Kellogg's labors should be lost. 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.