Buchenau, Fr. 
1881, February 20th 
Bremen, Germany 
TRANSLATION 
Bremen, 20th February 1881 
Dear friend, 
I received your note of January 30th with great joy and rush to answer it. 
I had noiidea that you spent part of last year so pleasantly. I am very happy 
to hear that and hope that your health as well as the sciences shall profit from it. 
I am certain we can expect from you further publications on conifers and oaks (many 
thanks for sending me your works about this group!).--Through your contribution,the 
conifers in Bentham and Hooker had a much better result; there are still great 
doubts about many other parts of this immense work. 
I have published this winter a flora of the East Friesland Islands for which 1 
had collected for a long time. These small parts of land, which have been neglected 
entirely until approximately 24 years ago, offered a very interesting field in 
plant geography, since their flora is a peculiar mixture of woody plants, sandy 
plants and salt plants.-- 
I have now to publish a real monograph on my Juncaceae since M. Micheli,gave 
up his plan to do them (for DeCandolle). I still need more morphological studies 
and studies about the history of development, but, I hope to be able to do this 
in the two coming summers. 
In this connection, may I draw your attention to the fact that the German 
Consul General in New York, Dr. Schumacher, is my cousin and is willing to send 
on to me any packages in the future whenever he has an opportunity.-- 
The winter has been very restless here through the lack of water in the city. 
I myself also had much to do with the printing of my flora and with my school books 
and the work on Madagascar (!) plants with which I have become rather involved by 
inheriting them from a young Bremen traveler. My family, for the first time ina 
long while, has been spared any illnesses. My oldest son, now 19 years old, will 
go to the University in October in order to study history and old languages. He 
is interested in archeology (archeological things, coins, gems, urns and similar 
things). The second one, Alexander, my complete image, still has two years to go 
until he will be ready for the University; he intends, much against my wish, to 
study law. Our oldest daughter will be confirmed April 1st; she will then go to 
the Seminar and become a teacher. - So the children are growing up and oneself is 
growing older. I, recently, became 50 years old and already celebrated here (on 
October 1 of last year) my 25th anniversary in office. 
My hearty greetings and thanks for having thought of me. 
In old friendship, 
Your devoted 
F. Buchenau 
Do you think I shall see Asa Gray here? 
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