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Feb. 19, 1877 



with many light-yellow scales> sirailar to those of Taeda , but 

 stronger and broaden». As I do not know Sabiniana and insignig cones,, 

 I do not know » if this belongs to these*. Have you seen cones of 

 Cubensi s ?• In structure of the needle it is very close to australig ,, 



the only american pine, which is related ; through the needle to the 

 old -world silve s tri s , Thunbergi 1 . I wonder, if there are no old-world 

 types on the West coast, because in other f ields so much' reminds of 

 the asiatic continent: Ursus ferox, Bighorn, many oaks, capra araeri- 

 cana (which, by the way, I have never seen, neither mounted nor illus- 

 trated, not even at Schimper in St^assburg,unless he received one re- 

 cently) f , Arctomys, Ant/elope, etc. The pines of Kozel are better tharr 

 their reputation^ one belonging to Acahuyte of them deviates more 

 than all the other pines of the strobus groupe. . When you write to rae 

 againr, I ask for some addresses of gardens and their species and direc- 

 tions in Europe and America, from which I could obtairr graf ting stock,, 

 sprouts, seeds, plants of rare woody plants. As I see from your her- 

 barium needles^, Thuret in the Antibes raust have a rieh collection of 

 needle trees. .From Schonbrunn and Vienna I received recently very va- 

 luable grafting stock , specially tyrian (?? E.D. ) oaks from Kotschyv T 

 and several mexicans and javanese,also other genera like Aesculus 

 and Fraxinus . You certainly know K.Köehs Dendrologie. There is muclt 

 wrong and thrown together hurly burly; I am trying to clarify the no- 

 menclature of the trees- by collecting everything that exists in her- 

 baria and gardens without regard of their names.. Only, xsrhen one has- 

 all of it in front of oneself, can one deterraine , what is different 

 and what is not . 



With highe st esteenr raost devot ed Dr. E.Purk jrn&C 



('translated from German script by Edgar DeMson, August 1988 ) 



and occidentalis , thouglrt 



Ibelongs there. P. resinosa is 



