Rec'd Oct.26 

 Ans. May 19, 1880 



Petersburg, August 14/26 2 , 1876 



Dear Doctor, 



As happy as I was at that one time to give you (shower you) with fragments of 

 Tsuga, as much do I now regret that I am not able to be of use to you. This is so 

 much more depressing for me because I would have liked to start this, my first 

 letter to you, whom I so much admire as a researcher, with a pleasing rather than 

 this negative reply. 



Pinus jezoenses Lindley, non Sieb. Zucc, i.e. Keteleeria Carr. orPinus 

 Fortunei Perl, is a Chinese variety of which we only have the poor specimens 

 from Fortune; in recent years it has been seen in Japan, mort likely cultures,but I 

 have neverseen it there. What I collected is the genuine Abies jezoensis Sieb 

 .Zurr. = Ab. microsperma Lindl. =Pinus Menziesii Pari. I would be quite happy to 

 send you fragments ofthis one as far as I have them but will not do so because 

 you have 



2 Date change imposed by International Convention. 



