Boissier, E. Rec. Oct. 5. Ans. Oct. 25 
Valyeres, Sept. 16, 1875 
My dear Mr. Engelmann, 
lhad very great pleasure in receiving news from you. | must send you all my apologies 
regarding the package of Euphorbia that | had misplaced for so many years in my home! 
You know how time passes specially if one is busy with a great deal of work. Therefore | 
always postponed the examination of the Euphorbia which | now have to send you 
without having studied them! You did not loose a great deal, because | lost a gender 
already for years and therefore your opinion could not have been useful. | have returned 
from an excursion in the Alps and found your letter. | did not have time to send you the 
plants that | was not able to study and that ! have here in my herbarium. 
You only sent me five specimen of Euphorbia from California and of those five | kept 
only fragments of two for de Candolle and for myself, the E. melanadenia and the E. 
ocellata. Of the three others there was not enough to divide. 
The rest of the package contained species of Euphorbia of Wright in Cuba where there 
are many samples of which |! will send you some. 
Lastly ! kept for myself and de Candolle some samples of 7? and of Wofffia, thinking 
that ! had duplicates which were destined for you. | thank you. | sent de Candolle a total 
of 5 specimens. 
Today | will send you through the mail, a small package, in which | have marked the five 
types of Euphorbia from California that have been described. 
| am very happy to have received the Rocky Mountain samples and the plants that you 
have allowed me to have. They have given me great pleasure. 
Would you like me to send you some plants? | have at my disposal a pretty collection of 
Olympia from Bithynie. Write me if you want them. | am happy to learn that the flora of 
California is doing well. À few years ago | received a beautiful collection from Bolander. 
Does he still do excursions to collect plants and does he sell them? 1! would like to 
enlarge my collection of California plants. 
| have not received the samples of Yucca that you wanted to send me. 
| believe vou are confused in regards the Lauderer plants, it is possible that Meissner 
wrote vou about them. This summer we had a distraction because of a hail storm that in 
town, only caused some damage to the windows. Mr. de Candolle nor | suffered any 
damage. 
Dear Mr. Engelmann please tell me if you have received the package. Allow me to thank 
you again and tell you of the pleasure | have receiving your letters. | am happy to know 
that vou are in good health and that you continue your extensive botanical work. | am 
still working on the Flora Orientalis, but | progress slowiy. You know that | had the 
misfortune of loosing my very good friend, Mr. Reuter. This has been very painful for me 
because he was such a great help to me. 
Again, many apologies for my delay. | send you may greetings. Your devoted 
E. Boissier 
translation Manfred Thurmann 
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