Bolander, Henry N. 

 1866, January 29th 

 San Francisco, Calif. 



TRANSLA1?IQN 



San Francisco, January 29th, I866 

 Dear Doctor, 



I could not answer your kind letter of November 24th, I865 until today 

 since I have been so very busy in the meantime that I almost began to despair. 

 Dr. Gray wrote rae to let him have all specimens I could dispense with. This 

 work is now finished. 



■^'^ Q^gJ^c^s falcatus is not among ray speciments, I shall obtain these 

 through Dr. Canfield in Montana« 



Callitrichen , Ohara , Nitella. . I shall take notice of what you said about 

 these. Especially, I shall try to collect as completely as possible the first 

 one mentioned. Should Prof. Whitney send me into the field, as he said he 

 would, I could do so much more for you. 



Nuphar I saw recently in a small lake 2 miles from here. As soon as the 

 time ±ß right I shall look again. 



The largest part of the Originals of Kellogg' s are deposited here. I also 

 saw his oak. The specimen is from a tree from the shore of Lake Borax. His 

 description is based on a terminal branch which, if separated, from the rest, 

 could make a new species. In Anderson Valley there are many trees with leaves 

 with the sarae characteristics, but also many whlch are mixed jiist as found 

 at Lake Borax. Sometimes I had the idea it might be a variety of ^u. Agrifol^z^ia 

 and 2u. Lonomensis , since it is exactly in the middle in almost every connection. 

 In any event, it is necessary to find out whether £u. Morelsus throws off its 

 leaves. Trees with leaves which correspond exactly with his specimen and J|ia 

 description showed some indication of throwing off their leaves. This Valley 

 offers the best opportunity to clarify this matter. 



Pinus Murrayana was mentioned by Murry in his notes about California 

 trees. These were sent to us. 



The sea being so close might be the reason for the late blooming of 

 Gast, chryäophylla . It was no mistake and the specimens s.'hould have been 

 received by you now. 



I do not have a doctor* s title. People here are very generous with any 

 kind of title and so it might have happened that somenone mentioned that I 

 have one. 



