Boissier, E. rec. Nov 13, 1865 
Valeynes, Oct. 21, 1865 
My dear Mr. Engelmann, 
| am terribly late in responding to your very amiable letter that | received in the spring. | 
have been in Spain with my family, when it arrived, and as | have always been away | 
will wait until L have examined the samples that you sent me. In December | will go to 
work again in Geneva but | will no longer delay to tell you that it is always such a 
pleasure to have good news from you. You asked me about the seeds from the Rocky 
Mountains. | have raised several plants of the Climatis Douglassi. (3 lines | cannot 
read!). The seeds of the Conifers did not take well. This is a shame. Would you please 
try to replace them in Europe with more seeds of these beautiful Conifers. It might be 
better to give the seeds to the herbarium of Ketcher in Paris who perhaps has more 
experience. This spring | will be in Spain. Next spring | will not forget to send you male 
and females shoots of the Aereilis(?) Did you ever receive the samples of the Pinus from 
the Atlas Mountains or would you like me send them to you again. 
Do you have a publication from Mr. Christ on the conifers of Europe? | helped write this. 
If you do not have them please tell me so that | can send them to you. | am archiving a 
collection in Geneve which contains numerous conifers of the following types ( could not 
read the hand writing), There are also some specimen from Japan. There are some 
Abies grandis and nobilis among the specimen from California. | sent all my conifers to 
Parlatore in Florence as he is working on a Prodromus. He has in Florence a collection 
of numerous live conifers. | received the package of Euphorbia and this gave me great 
pleasure. My work on the Euphorbiaciae is nearly complete for the Prodromus. | will 
send you a copy. In December I! will send you a supplement with some Euphorbia that | 
have described since my work was printed. lf you have some comments on my Work 
please send them to me as soon as possible. | am making a copy for an elderly artist 
who does some wonderful drawings. 
| have finished working on the Thalassiflora for my Flora Orientalis.. | have been delayed 
because of my trip to Syria to the International ?????7?2????; there was a botanist who 
was very distinguished and who sent me very interesting plants. 
| always thank you for the botanical works that you send me from time to time. | recently 
received your work on the Viburnum with that of Parry from the Rocky Mountains. Would 
you like for me to send plants from the Orient? 
| have insisted upon cultivating, here in Valeynes, the Cactacea and already have a very 
pretty collection. You have done so much for this family which vou have described and 
catalogued. Here the big war has ended but there if the possibility that there will be a 
war in Mexico. Let us hope that with the intervention of the United States this can be 
prevented. 
When will we have the pleasure of seeing you in Europe? | would love to tour America 
and visit your country. | wonder if this will ever be possible. | hope that next year | will 
be able to send you samples of my Conifers and flowers of the 772. | 
Dear Sir, please take my devout and affectionate wishes. 
E. Boissier 
translated. Manfred Thurmann 
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