Bolander, Henry N. 





1866, December 5th 





San Francisco, Calif. 







TRANSLATION 



San Francisco, December 5» I866 



Dear Doctor, 



Your letter of the lOth of last month just arrived. I am glad that the box 

 finally arrived. In the future I shall paint the names on and not only write them 

 on a Card from where they are easily rubbed off. But these ^rasses ? You threaten 

 me for a sin of Omission with the scorn of the heaven. This goes suddenly too far 

 so that I donH know with what I could threaten you] 



The large pines in the box are without doubt muricata , identiöal with those from 

 Monterey. Dr. Torrey's observations I did not find entirely confirmed. I also found 

 on the swollen side quite good seeds camble of germination. According to my 

 determination it is also Tsuga Mertensiana , even though the cones are much too 

 small. The tree is most beautiful. The branches are from one cut last autumn, 

 therefore the contradiction between pines and firs. I did not find any blossoms 

 this spring, but I believe that it is possible to obtain those when the time 

 comes through a frienri whom I sho#ed the trees, It is also possible th^t I find 

 them in Hannibal Co., my next destinationi 



Last Saturday I finished the sorting of the f amilies., No^^' I am going to 

 work on your things and mosses, everything is ready to be mcked. The Isoetes 

 I shall send on Saturday. They were collected by King, the leader of our gang, 

 at three different locations, the small kind on the eastern slope of the mountains 

 in rather deep water. It is Whitney »s Intention to include everything on the 

 Chryptogams in one volume. So, please be kind enough to work on these with this 

 Intention in mind and then send them to this gentleman or to me. The same is true 

 with regard to Ohara . Please be so kind and ask Mr. Braun to make a report with 

 this in mind. With the next shipment you will receive two other species. One 

 collected on ^onte del Diablo, now with fruits, and one collected at the foot of 

 the mountain. Three I have previously sent. 



Do you have the address of Dr. Gottsche? We have nobody who can work on the 

 Hepatica, or do you know anyone in America? Sullivan does not work anymore and 

 Austin does not know anything about iti 



Ohara 



Braun 



Isoetes 



Dr. Eng. 



Musci 



Lesqu. 



Hepatica 



? 



Lichens 



Prof, Tuckerman 



Fungi 



Ourtis 



Algae 



Lenormand 



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