
          and should have been sent to you
in the first place but by oversight
of Capt. [Captain] W. [Whipple] were sent to Dr. E. [Engelmann] with the
Cactaceae. It would be well to send
them to Prestele immediately. Will
you please to see to it for me?
Of the Pines No [Number] 4 is Dr. Engelmann's
P. Brachyptera [Pinus brachyptera]. No [Number] 5 is evidently
another species although closely resembling 
No [Number] 4. Whether it is an
undescribed species or not, I am
utterly unable to determine. Will you
have the kindness to do it? I collected 
it at the Cajon Pass, and also in
the mountains 15 miles above or 
east of Sonora Cal. [California]. Dr. Newberry
wrote me a short time ago and
gave me a list of his trees he had
collected and intended to publish.
I wrote some time ago to Mr.
Wendell the Public printer
about the cost of extra copies

of such things as I wanted and
also about the plates but have
not yet received an answer to my
last letter. You will probably
soon hear from the printer with
regard your report. Where is
Dr. Parry & Mr. Schott?

I am most Respectfully
your friend John M. Bigelow

P.S. Since you have left Crosby St.
I do not know to direct my letters
to you!

[Pencil note by Torrey, in reference to sentences about #4 & #5 Pines:] How can you say that No. [Number] 5 closely
resembles No [Number] 4? The cones have [no?]
[int?] of resemblance. It is none of
Engelm. [Engelmann] sp. [species] (in [Wilzl. [Wislizenus's] [tome?]). I will look
for it in Hartweg Calif. [California] Pines in Proceed.  
Hort.  Soc. Lon. [Proceedings of the Horticultural Society of London]

        