Rec'dOct1? h 

 Ans May 19, 1880 



Petersburg, September 29th. 1879 



Most honored Doctor, 



I received your letter to Director Regil asking for fragments o fPinus 

 sitchensis 2 Bong some time ago. The Botanical Garden does not have authentic 

 specimens ofthis tree so I took the liberty ofsending you pieces ofthe Bongard 

 variety from the Herb. Academ. Petersburg, whose botanical museum is under 

 my direction. You will Und a cone with a small branch as well as otheryoung 

 ones with formed leaves; the biggerones have sterile branches. I, too, believe 

 that P. Sitchensis and P.Menziesi belong together, in which case the name 

 should b e P. sitchensis because it was described completely in 1831 and 

 P.Menziesi first in 1840 and only briefly in Hort.fl.hr. ann II, 162. You 



2 NowPicea sitchensis, sitka spruce. Please see www.biologie.unhhamburg.de/b- 

 online/earle/pi/pic/ 



