Bolander, Henry N. 
1871, February dth 
San Francisco, Calif. 
TRANSLATION 
San Francisco, February döth, 1871 
Dear Doctor, 
Some time ago Il sent you a branch of my Cupressus. Did you receive 
it? A local gardener drew my attention to it. lt grows near here on the 
Tamal Pais 2700 feet. Certainly, it is not GC. macrocarpa, also not M'Nabiana 
and not Poveana; it seems new to me. The appearance is totally different 
from GC. macrocarpa. A detailed examination is desirable. 
Enclosed I am sending you again branches of pines growing here in 
my garden. It almost seems to me as if we have five instead of four species 
in this state. The little trees are standing next to each other and have 
the same height. The one was grown from seed from Oregon, the other was dug 
up near Placerville, here in this state (3 feet high) and then brought here. 
Both kind of leaves I found on my trips. The small-leaved (foliis planis 
obtusis emarginatis) close to the coast near Mendocino City, the others 
are leaves of a species which grows almost everywhere on the Sierras up to 
7500 feet. From 7500 feet up grows the one of which I sent you flowering 
branches some days ago. Murray calls them magnifica - the cones are big 
(dense fusco pubescente), apparently the one which the Oregon Committee 
illustrated under the name Cassiocarpa Hook. 
P. nobilis & bracteata did not enter, there is nothing to say. It 
could be possible that the matter is as follows: 
P. grandis (foliis emarginatis) 
amabilis ( foliis acutis) 
Cassiocarpa, the one recently sent. 
I am also enclosing some small plants of a new Dicentra which 
Dr. Kellogg found with me last June on the mountains. He described it. 
Best wishes, let me hear your opinion soon. 
Respectfully, 
Henry N. Bolander 
9 10 MISSOURI 
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