Bolander, Henry N. 
1874, October 24th 
Sacramento, Calif. 
TRANSLATION 
State of California 
Department of Public Instruction 
Sacramento, October 24, 1874 
Dear Doctor, 
I have to answer three postal cards. I have received the package. 1 
guessed right away from where they came, even though the postal cards came 
later. Many thanks for these gifts. The cacti are already starting to grow. 
It was just this question, namely whether Balfouriana and aristata 
are identical which drove me this spring to Ireka near the Scotts Mountains. 
However, deep snow which was still covering the mountains prevented my 
beautiful plan. Next year will be better. 
P. ponderosa here has the same characteristic or shall we say bad 
habit, to have the base of its cones sit on top, just like the bottocks of a 
monkey. Here, at an altitude of 1000 feet, the cones open approximately on 
the first of September and spread their seeds on Mother earth. The cones 
themselves fall off later. I do not believe that P. Albicaulis can be found 
here. I thought it was identical with P. flexilis--The Abies concolor 
arrived safely together with one branch; but I recognized it right away as 
Picea grandis. I shall furnish you with proof. The enclosed branch is from 
the lower part of the tree. It is the same as ours here. You will see it 
when mine arrive. Yesterday I received a lot of cones from the mountains. 
Ficea grandis and amabilis (magnifica). From the latter a three feet long 
tree top with approximately 12 cones, all very well tied with wire so that 
they would not fall apart. A magnificent piece--I wish you had it at home. 
I shall exhibit it here. 
The old argument: Even though I have not been at the Columbia River 
where it breaks through the cascades, I just have to assume that since Douglas 
discovered the Pinus Lambertiana there, he also must have encountered Picea 
amabilis (what I call amabilis and Murray describes as magnifica). The Ency- 
clopedia of Trees and Shrubs (Arboretum & Fructictum of London abridged) pub- 
lished in 1869 describes on pages 1045-1049 the four pines with illustrations, 
just as I teld you: P. grandis, amabilis, nobilis, bractata. P. Casiocarpa 
is strange. The Oregon Committee describes the P. amabilis as Casiocarpa. 
Endlicher's (Syn. Con. p. 105) description "extus dense fusco pubescente", 
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