Boissier, E. Rec. May 18 Ans. June 2 
Geneva May 2, 1880 
Dear Sir, 
It has been à very great pleasure to receive news from you. | have also found your 
splendid volume on the Pinus that you sent to me, having as intermediary Mr de 
Candolle. Please accept my many thanks for this lovely gift and also for your other 
works that you have sent me from time to time. All this gives me an idea of your 
infatigable activity. 
Your letter makes an alusion of a great pain that you have gone through last year. | 
knew nothing of this, not having received letters for a long time. | gather from what you 
write that you have lost an object of your great affection. | sympathize very vividiy with 
you as | have gone through this great sorrow with the loss of my dear wife. | send you 
my condolensces. Work is probably the best thing under these sad circumstances. 
| am working on a fifth volume which will finish this project and 1! will publish it In {wo 
parts, leaving for a little later the graminacee (grasses), of which | have not yet begun 
the studies. 
It will be with the greatest pleasure that ! will send you the Flora Orientalis. According to 
your letter 1 have already sent the 4th volume, that includes the Corollifliora. Do you have 
a complete volume or only a portion? Please tell me without delay, and I will promptly 
send you the rest of the work, but please tell me through what courier | should do this. | 
would like to expedite this to avoid too much cold. The samples of Euphorbia interest me 
alot ( similar to those in the Prodromus). The viable Pinus, etc. that you could send me 
later would also be welcome. 
During the past years | have made short excursions to the north of Spain where the tall 
mountain range “The Picos de Europa”, as yet unexplored have excited my curiosity. | 
found an interesting Flora but for the most part the species are entirely those of the 
Pyrenees. 
You have a son that helps you in the practice of medicine, and who is also more or less 
a botanist. | also have the pleasure of having a son in law that has taken to botany with 
great zeal. He will publish a work on the “Grilobia”. 
In this way, dear Mr. Engelmann, |! will await from you a clarification on the subject of the 
Flora Orientalis. | take the opportunity to send you my sentiments of affection. 
E. Boissier 
Translation: Manfred Thurmann 
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