LIVES OF TRAVELLERS 



One of the first fruits of the expedition was the successful 

 introduction of Abies bracteata. 



During the years 1850-1851 consignments were sent 

 home of cones and seeds of Pinus radiata, P. muricata, P. 

 Sabiniana, P. Coulteri and P. tuberculata ; and also of many 

 shrubs and flowering plants, quite new to British gardens. 



In the autumn of 1851 his operations were pushed further 

 north, and cones and seeds collected of the Redwood (Sequoia 

 sempervirens), Pinus Lambertiana, P. monticola, and others. 



In 1852 Lobb made an excursion to the Columbia River 

 and Oregon, where he succeeded in obtaining seeds of 

 Abietia (Pseudotsuga) Douglasii and Abies nobilis, still rare 

 at that time in England, and the beautiful Thuia provisionally 

 named after him. 



Returning through North California, Lobb collected seeds 

 of Abies grandis, A. magnifica, which he sent home under 

 the name of A. amabilis, believing it to be the A. amabilis 

 of Douglas, A. concolor Lowiana, the first received in 

 England of that fine Fir, Juniperus californica, and of 

 Pinus ponderosa. 



In 1853 the Sierra Nevada was explored, the traveller 

 tempted by the reports of the discovery of trees of 

 extraordinary magnitude, which he had the good fortune to 

 find, and to secure the first cones and seeds of Sequoia 

 gigantea received in England. 



Lobb brought these home at the end of the year, and with 

 them two living plants, afterwards planted out at Exeter, 

 where they survived but three or four years, nor was there 

 at any time much hope of their living. 



Lobb returned to California in the autumn of 1854, and 

 from that time up to the end of 1856 continued to send home 

 consignments of plants and seeds. 



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