Rec'd Dec. 17th San Francisco Nov. 10,1860 
Ans. Sep. 20 
% 
Dear Herr Collere 
First my heartiest greetirk and thanks for the dissertations 
of your work, whieh you sent to me. As to the exchange of dußpl1- 
cates of plants I must remark that I do not posess any and that 
what was gotten together during the first period of my stay here 
has lonz been shipped.. I can only refer you to Dr. Kelloeg, who 
will be glad to participate in an exchange... The culture of native 
plants is still in a bad way. .With exception of the Ceanothus 
I hardiy know of a Californianrplant'’in our gardens. Instead, 
the celtic race in connection with the free roaming pies see to 
the destruction of the native Flora in the vicinity of the city 
quite actively, so that the rcharacteristic forms of the Flora: 
are being displace® by certain indestryctable Lagmozolites (7?) 
e.Le Artiplex,@henopodium, BErigeron. The beautiful and botani- 
cally interesting Garrya californica, which formed a small woods 
near my property has been totally eliminated by these houligans 
as if “ Maillaria or a Lepidodendron.. There is a slow beginning 
to Incorporate the native needle trees into gardens, but I am con- 
vinced that there are in any merium size english city more Welline- 
tonlas than in all the geardens of California, 
The dominant (Zierpflanze means plants for adornment and 
has no equlivalent enelish word) show-plants are the Australien 
BET 
£ 
’ 
Acacia cophanta, verticillata, longifolia etc. Kennedia interri- 
"N ee u 
folla,Clianthus punlceus,Eucalyptgus,Billandienapundulats ete, 
| ScauderıS 
a condition, which represents a botarical Testimonium pauperta- 
tis in view of our rich, native Flora. 
I shall collect seeds of Echinosystis, now Megarhiza 
for you. Nobody cultivates this beautiful’ creeper ( could also 
x“ See \&t page .UD, 
% 
7 8 9 10 MiSSOURI 
. Ä BOTANICAL 
copyright reserved GARDEN 
