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Show I From San Francisco to the Big Trees-of ' ; OalifdriiiaL o- (We copy tfie following fromVick's Floral Guide, hoping it will hp of interest, at least, to some of our readers, if not all. We can not publish pub-lish the entire article in the present number of the Union, consequently will continue it unt il completed. Ed. ) After making arrangements lor horses and wagon to be in waiting at Milton, the terminus of the railroad, perhaps about thirty miles nonhUatt of Stockton, we bade our good friendvS in San Francisco farewell for a season, Iu n d taking ' an early start, reached reach-ed Milton about & noon, where we were packer! into stages, or ra'her f three seated wag- ons, and about dark arrived at a somewhat deser- ted mining town ci'lied Murphy's Carnp, having made twenty- nine miles over a strange, daty, hilt to us a pleas- mt roadi Here we remained tor the. night and the Hj next morning continued our journey to the big trees, yet fifteen miles enst aud nearly 2.500 feet upwards. The route was exceedingly pleasant, and our anticipations were at fever liea. The grand Sugar Pines, in the dis-tance. dis-tance. we felt quite sure were the big trees, and the biggest trees in the Wm world. Before noon we reached the pleasant hotel of Mr. Pbrry, at the i edge of the Calaveras Grove, and af-ter af-ter removing the accumulation of dust from clothes and person, determined to have a look at once, although din-ner din-ner was announced a matter of no small importance to the hungry moun- DB tain traveler. Until we traveled in California we did not know that eat ing was of so much consequence. We had just a look, and we thought the trees were not as large as we expec- HH ted that these Oalifornians delighted HH in big stories as well as big trees then we thought they were pretty H large, but not big enough to make go much fuss about then we looked a- IHH gain, and didn't have a' very decided opinion about it J m fact had become RRL - S jv somewhat mired, and thought we had better go to dinner. When we came out apain the tr es wer e a good deal larger, and they go' larger every moment mo-ment we looked at th"m. So we wV I'd through tins grove of fifty acres con jining about one hundred big trees, and they were certainly large Uiny must, be large figures tell the tru'h. and we parsed a siring around some of them that mesisnred between sixty and seventy feel, and .others.bv pacing, twenty feel and over in diameter ; and no doubt over a hund'ed feet lo the lowest branch, while, the tops mared h'ee hundred feet above us. Of Leaf course, such trees were entitled to the name 'Big,' but their 'trunks are as smooth anu straight as arrows, and ev erything around is large and it is difficult diffi-cult at first to realize their immensity. These big trees possess no beauty, save- I.. m their trunks, the foliage being thin A scattering and almost out. of sight, fl while the trunk presents the "ul'oSt H graceful vshafl mortal eye over beheld. ; H We give a:n engraving of both foliage H and cone, of about, natural size. The ;fl Sugar Pine, a most beautiful and ma-- H jestio tree, abounds in the mountain, ' and if not overshadowed by its 'mwn' H moth neighbors would be thought of H immense proportions- We measured' H some that were more 'ban ten feet int M ciameter, unless we have forgotten ihh ;9 correct figures. Thry be;r ''lea.t " "H ' t conffi, sometimes eighteen inches in"! length, and as the grow am on a 'ho U big trees, and the cones drop to" 9 the ground, they; M are often coMec-, 9 'ed by tourita, m and carried a way, - .H as t he YniiVof 'M Mammoth -Tree' q which bears bnCr M a small cone, a ;1 seen by our en- I graving. The' J Suar Pine ex;-' J 1 udes a sugary .? II gum, hence; tji; name. Aftera - : " ; short stay among: $ ; t h e Mum moth" . 1 Tees, and we have ever since regret- ' ' J ed its brevity, we commenced oui re- , ; j turn to Murphy's Camp, and having . 1 no occasion to watch for the wonder- X 4t ful trees, were at leisure to enjoy the fm delightful scenery; and we do not' ' think there are fifteen miles of travel' - ; . f 1 in the world that will. afford such', ' M wondrous delight. f , 1 3 TO BE CONTINUED. 1 ' vi. ' " Jl |