urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:	edition	
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urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.1	p	<placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">himalaya</placename>. une <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">campanula</name> avec des graines mûres <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />dans le <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">himalaya</placename> 16800 piés <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>angl</abbr> <expan>anglais</expan> </choice> où <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>th.</abbr> <expan>thermomètre</expan> </choice> en <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />octobre à milieu <measure xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" quantity="27" unit="fahrenheit">27° <choice> <abbr>f</abbr> <expan>fahrenheit</expan> </choice></measure><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied> arbustes plus haut <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />encore. <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/p9n9qkbj"><persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0013123 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116636688">colebrook</persname> <choice> <abbr>journ</abbr> <expan>journal</expan> </choice> de <choice> <abbr>roy.</abbr> <expan>royal</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>inst</abbr> <expan>institution</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>n</abbr> <expan>numéro</expan> </choice> 20 472</bibl> .<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="2v" /><gap xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" unit="pages" quantity="1" reason="empty" />
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.2	p	purple coned cedar or pinus webbii <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />(<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">pinus excelsa</hi> <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006224 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117126314">wallich</persname><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">)</supplied> gleich <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />strobus (<choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>fol.</abbr> <expan>foliis</expan> </choice> quinis triquetris <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />margine scabris, strobilis cylin<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />draceis squarrosis demum pen<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />dulis foliisque longioribus, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />antherarum crista ovato-<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />crenata-fimbriata, obtusa. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />strobili 6 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>pollic</abbr> <expan>pollicares</expan> </choice> –1 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>pedal</abbr> <expan>pedali</expan> <expan>s</expan> </choice><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="right">ms</note> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>affin.</abbr> <expan>affinis</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>pin</abbr> <expan>pinui</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>massoniano</sic> <corr cert="high">massonianae</corr> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="intralinear">vallée de </add><placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepaul</placename>, <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>extrem.</abbr> <expan>extrémité</expan> </choice> orientale <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />nom deola-thonri)<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied>
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.3	p	<hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant">pinus webbii</name></hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="left"><metamark />ehemals <lb />auch genannt <lb /><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice> tinctoria</name> <lb /><subst> <del rendition="#s">et</del> <add place="intralinear">ou</add> </subst> <name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice> <lb />porphyricar<g ref="#typohyphen" /><lb break="no" />pa</name><supplied cert="high">.</supplied></note> <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><choice> <abbr>wall</abbr> <expan>wallich</expan> </choice></add> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>fol.</abbr> <expan>foliis</expan> </choice> solitariis planis <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />subtus argenteo-glaucis strobi<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />lis ovatis. <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepaul</placename>. nom: <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />oomur, khaittasee et <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />tassee doop. affinis <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinui</expan> </choice> piceae <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />et balsameae.<note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="right">ms</note> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant">pinus laevis</name></hi> wallich <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>fol.</abbr> <expan>foliis</expan> </choice> tetragonis <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />strobilis erectis oblongis nitidis <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>affin.</abbr> <expan>affinis</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinui</expan> </choice> <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>abies</sic> <corr cert="high">abieti</corr> </choice>. nom raga. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepaul</placename><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied>
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.4	p	<name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><hi rendition="#u">taxus macrophylla</hi></name><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="#author" place="mbottom"><metamark /><name type="plant">lignum emanum</name> <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/cffv8jnz"><persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001140 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119258064">rumph</persname> <lb /> <choice> <abbr>hort</abbr> <expan>hortus</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>amb.</abbr> <expan>amboinensis</expan> </choice> iii 47. <choice> <abbr>tab</abbr> <expan>tabula</expan> </choice> 26</bibl></note> <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006224 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117126314"><hi rendition="#u"><choice> <abbr><add place="sublinear">wall</add></abbr> <expan>wallich</expan> </choice></hi></persname> (sonst <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">myrica nerii<lb break="no" />folia</name>.<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">)</supplied> nom goonsee. <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="sublinear">goonsee. <lb />fruit <lb />mangea<lb break="no" />ble!</add> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />quercus dundwa singhali
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.5	p	<pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="1v" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/ppn826366848/500/0/00000002.jpg" /> sur <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558">l’himalaya</placename> dit <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006224 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117126314">wallich</persname><supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">,</supplied> des <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">primula</name>, ané<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />mones, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">gerania</name>, rhodo<g xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="#typohyphen" /><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" break="no" />dendrons, valérianes<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">.</supplied><lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.6	p	it is impossible to express the gratification – <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="cbbe5932-9348-45d8-be59-32934865d808" corresp="#df25cb99-1dc2-43d3-a5cb-991dc223d3da" type="editorialnote">your highly interesting & learned letter</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="df25cb99-1dc2-43d3-a5cb-991dc223d3da" corresp="#cbbe5932-9348-45d8-be59-32934865d808" type="editorial">vgl. humboldt an lambert, paris, 17. august 1820 (royal botanic gardens, kew, a. b. lambert correspondence). </note> afforded me; as <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>their</sic> <corr cert="high">there</corr> </choice> is no man i am so proud of hearing from as yourself and <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />when ever you will do me the honour of writing to me, it will <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />prove the highest gratification i can experience.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.7	p	i should have wrote you long before <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />this, but having been at my country residence till within <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />these few weeks, and having since my arrival in town experienced <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a severe attack of fever, <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>occassioned</sic> <corr cert="high">occasioned</corr> </choice> by catching cold, has prevented <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />me from having that pleasure.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:1.8	p	many thanks for your observation on <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant">aracacha</name></hi>, but it came <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>to</sic> <corr cert="high">too</corr> </choice> late for insertion in my <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e0e4ea8e-4fc5-488e-a4ea-8e4fc5b88ea1" corresp="#d29808e7-58f8-4ca2-9808-e758f88ca2fb" type="editorialnote"><hi rendition="#u">paper</hi></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d29808e7-58f8-4ca2-9808-e758f88ca2fb" corresp="#e0e4ea8e-4fc5-488e-a4ea-8e4fc5b88ea1" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/bf27bs2q">lambert 1821</bibl>.</note> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />published in the last number of the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">journal</hi> of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">arts</hi> & <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">sciences</hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000582 http://d-nb.info/gnd/1017707-3"><hi rendition="#u">royal</hi> <hi rendition="#u">institution</hi></orgname>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>you</orig> <reg>you</reg> </choice> will see by that, i have ventured <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to give some account of the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">native</hi> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">country</hi> of the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>potatoe</sic> <corr cert="high">potato</corr> </choice>, <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">solanum</hi> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">tuberosum</hi>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>whether</orig> <reg>whether</reg> </choice> the materials from which i have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />drawn my conclusions <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>from</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice> be sufficiently decisive i leave you to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />judge. <pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="3v" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/ppn826366848/500/0/00000006.jpg" />and <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d8046521-1c84-4f8e-8465-211c84ef8e00" corresp="#c4652ee1-b5a7-4ed4-a52e-e1b5a70ed4fe" type="editorialnote">i trust i have not erred in making mention of your name on <lb />the authority of <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0015234 http://d-nb.info/gnd/104169613"><hi rendition="#u">don</hi> <hi rendition="#u">zea</hi></persname></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c4652ee1-b5a7-4ed4-a52e-e1b5a70ed4fe" corresp="#d8046521-1c84-4f8e-8465-211c84ef8e00" type="editorial">“<persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0015234 http://d-nb.info/gnd/104169613">don francisco zea</persname>, companion and friend of the celebrated <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0014464 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119559668">mutis</persname>, who long resided in <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0010380 https://www.geonames.org/6255150">south america</placename>, assured me, when he was in this country, that he had often found [solanum tuberosum] wild in the forests of <placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005282 https://www.geonames.org/3688689">santa fé de bogota</placename>, observing at the same time, that the reason why baron de humboldt had not found it when he was in that country, was, because, he had not time to examine those places where it grew.“ (<bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/bf27bs2q">lambert 1821</bibl>, 26).</note> who i see very often, and who dined with me <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />with a large party last week, among whom was our friend <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003739 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116828315"><hi rendition="#u">professor</hi> <lb /><hi rendition="#u">buckland</hi></persname>, just arrived from the country and whose company was <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />rendered particularly <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>aggreable</sic> <corr cert="high">agreeable</corr> </choice> as he gave us a great deal of information <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />about you. we all hope that you will never think of leaving <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">europe</placename> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />again, as your life is too precious to science for to run the risk of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />losing it. <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0012164 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118524089">sir <hi rendition="#u">humphrey</hi> <hi rendition="#u">davy</hi></persname>, has just been sitting with me: who <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />tells me he is just about writing to you. i am happy to say he is <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to be our <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">new</hi> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">president</hi> of the <orgname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000583 http://d-nb.info/gnd/39272-8"><hi rendition="#u">royal</hi> <hi rendition="#u">society</hi></orgname>, and shall most <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />heartily next week go to give him my vote. i am very sorry that <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />any misunderstanding should take place between my friend, <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000711 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119049538"><hi rendition="#u">sir</hi> <hi rendition="#u"><lb />stamford</hi> <hi rendition="#u">raffles</hi></persname> and the illustrious <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0013277 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118677578"><hi rendition="#u">cuvier</hi></persname>, respecting the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />zoological collections sent home by my friend from whom i had <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />a letter last week, and i trust that every thing will be adjusted <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to the satisfaction of both parties in a short time. he writes <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />me word that they have found plenty of the large, singular <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />flower, and that he is soon to send me a drawing of it. we are <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to have a highly interesting <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="f73878d6-d6ea-4ca9-b878-d6d6eaaca9f1" corresp="#ae60ab23-f3ed-4fe0-a0ab-23f3ed7fe030" type="editorialnote">paper</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ae60ab23-f3ed-4fe0-a0ab-23f3ed7fe030" corresp="#f73878d6-d6ea-4ca9-b878-d6d6eaaca9f1" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/622bk3wz">brown 1821</bibl>.</note> on it from <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003693 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118674455"><choice> <abbr>mr.</abbr> <expan>mister</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>r.</abbr> <expan>robert</expan> </choice> brown</persname> in the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />next <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>vol.</abbr> <expan>volume</expan> </choice> of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">linnean</hi> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">transactions</hi>, with <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>8.</orig> <reg>8</reg> </choice> <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">plates</hi> which are already <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />finished. i am endeavouring to learn all i can from <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0015234 http://d-nb.info/gnd/104169613"><choice> <abbr>mr</abbr> <expan>mister</expan> </choice> zea</persname>, about <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the cinchonae; i have got your two papers on the bark forests <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />translated into english, and which <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="e90bb8fc-c1b3-44eb-8bb8-fcc1b384eb4f" corresp="#c94c9210-eba2-46a1-8c92-10eba226a1b6" type="editorialnote">i am about to print soon</ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c94c9210-eba2-46a1-8c92-10eba226a1b6" corresp="#e90bb8fc-c1b3-44eb-8bb8-fcc1b384eb4f" type="editorial"><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/sfehn7f8">lambert 1821a</bibl>. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/8cbs93ri">vgl. humboldt 1807</bibl>.</note>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>now</orig> <reg>now</reg> </choice> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />posses<supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">s</supplied>ing very fine specimens of all the species figured in <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/mtjcerp8">flora <lb /></bibl><pb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" n="4r" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/ppn826366848/500/0/00000007.jpg" /><bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/mtjcerp8"><hi rendition="#u">peruviana</hi></bibl>, with many entirely new species; from these resources <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />i shall be enabled to clear up innumerable doubts & errors which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />still pervade the history of this very interesting genus. <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">cinchona <lb />rosea</name> of <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/mtjcerp8"><choice> <abbr>fl.</abbr> <expan>flora</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>peruv.</abbr> <expan>peruviana</expan> </choice></bibl> is perfectly distinct from every other species: <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#mmm">your <lb /><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice> <hi rendition="#u">condaminea</hi></name> and <name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice> angustifolia</name> <note hand="https://edition-humboldt.de/addressee" place="left"><metamark />non<supplied cert="high">,</supplied> <name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice> <lb /><choice> <abbr>angustifol</abbr> <expan>angustifolia</expan> </choice></name> <lb />est <name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice><choice> <abbr> lanci<lb break="no" />fol.</abbr> <expan>lancifolia</expan> </choice></name> <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0014464 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119559668">mutis</persname><supplied cert="high">.</supplied></note> figured in the <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/qw3atesn"><choice> <abbr>suppl.</abbr> <expan>supplement</expan> </choice></bibl> of <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001131 http://d-nb.info/gnd/141829850"><hi rendition="#u">ruiz</hi></persname> <hi rendition="#u"><lb /><bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/s8gtbwx8">quinologia</bibl></hi> are the same. i <choice> <sic>posses</sic> <corr cert="high">possess</corr> </choice> many specimens of your <lb />plant in its various stages of growth.</hi><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" hand="https://edition-humboldt.de/addressee" place="left"><persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001517 http://d-nb.info/gnd/115674667">kunth</persname> <lb />a remis <lb /><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice> ovalifolia</name> <lb /><persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003476 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118661604"><choice> <abbr>bonpl.</abbr> <expan>bonpland</expan> </choice></persname> à <lb /><name type="plant"><choice> <abbr>c.</abbr> <expan>cinchona</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>ovalif.</abbr> <expan>ovalifolia</expan> </choice></name> <lb />de <persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0004551 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118573349">linné</persname> <lb />qui diffèrent <lb /><del rendition="#s">p 2</del> <lb />méxique <lb /><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>page</expan> </choice> 22<supplied cert="high">.</supplied><lb /><lb /></note>my drawings of the <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">pines</hi> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />from the <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006863 https://www.geonames.org/1252558"><hi rendition="#u">himalaya</hi> <hi rendition="#u">mountains</hi></placename>, <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988"><hi rendition="#u">nepal</hi></placename>, are nearly finished <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />and <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">i</supplied> will publish them as soon as possible of the 3 species from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepal</placename></hi>. the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>1.</orig> <reg>first</reg> </choice> belongs to the section <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">abies</name>, and must be placed near <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><hi rendition="#u">pinus</hi> <hi rendition="#u">picea</hi></name> & <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u">balsamea</hi>, <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>although</orig> <reg>although</reg> </choice> perfectly distinct from either. the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />second belongs to the section <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant">larix</name></hi> a very distinct species from <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the neighbourhood of <hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><placename ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0018110 https://www.geonames.org/1278974">almora</placename></hi>. the <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>3rd</orig> <reg>third</reg> </choice> belongs to the section <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><hi xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rendition="#u"><name type="plant">pinus</name></hi>, named by me & <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006224 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117126314"><choice> <abbr>dr</abbr> <expan>doctor</expan> </choice> wallich</persname>, <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">pinus excelsa</name>, akin to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">pinus <lb />strobus</name> but with characters widely different as you will hereafter <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />see. the species mentioned by <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/5uq9zv6r"><persname ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0003962 http://d-nb.info/gnd/119036495">thunberg</persname> in <hi rendition="#u">flora</hi> <hi rendition="#u">japonica</hi></bibl>, i <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />have no doubt will all prove very different from those <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0005696 https://www.geonames.org/6255148">europe</placename> & <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001698 https://www.geonames.org/7729890"><choice> <abbr>n.</abbr> <expan>north</expan> </choice> america</placename>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>his</orig> <reg>his</reg> </choice> <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><hi rendition="#u"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice></hi> <hi rendition="#u">strobus</hi></name><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>.</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice> may possibly be the <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />same with my <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice> excelsa</name>, and his <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant"><hi rendition="#u"><choice> <abbr>p.</abbr> <expan>pinus</expan> </choice></hi> <hi rendition="#u">larix</hi></name>, the same with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />mine from <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0018110 https://www.geonames.org/1278974">almora</placename>, as <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>their</sic> <corr cert="high">there</corr> </choice> are many plants common to <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />both countries in <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepal</placename>. i have here sent you some of <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0006224 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117126314"><choice> <abbr>dr.</abbr> <expan>doctor</expan> </choice> <hi rendition="#u"><lb />wallichs</hi></persname> letters to me relating to <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001596 https://www.geonames.org/1282988">nepal</placename>, which i hope will afford <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />some pleasure, and which i will be obliged by returning to me <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />at your leisure when an opportunity offers. when are <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">we</supplied> to see <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ca94cda6-d92c-4621-94cd-a6d92c5621b5" corresp="#b0327090-459c-4d89-b270-90459c6d894f" type="editorialnote">your <lb /><pb n="4v" facs="http://content.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/ppn826366848/500/0/00000008.jpg" />map of <hi rendition="#u">new</hi> <hi rendition="#u">granada</hi></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="b0327090-459c-4d89-b270-90459c6d894f" corresp="#ca94cda6-d92c-4621-94cd-a6d92c5621b5" type="editorial">humboldts „carte générale de colombia“ erschien 1825 mit der fünften lieferung als planche 22 von <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/rkbbpg4a">humboldt 1814–1834</bibl> (vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/384rp7bm">fiedler/leitner 2000</bibl>, 162).</note>. <ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="ee8950e2-7b76-4c55-8950-e27b762c55ea" corresp="#c37ef17b-1d25-4715-bef1-7b1d258715c0" type="editorialnote">i am anxiously waiting for the <choice> <orig>5.</orig> <reg>fifth</reg> </choice> volume <lb />of your <hi rendition="#u">personal</hi> <hi rendition="#u">narrative</hi></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c37ef17b-1d25-4715-bef1-7b1d258715c0" corresp="#ee8950e2-7b76-4c55-8950-e27b762c55ea" type="editorial">der fünfte band von <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/qnxrggr7">humboldt 1814–1829</bibl> erschien 1821. vgl. <bibl corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/384rp7bm">fiedler/leitner 2000</bibl>, 104.</note>, which i understand from messrs. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />longman & co. is to be published here about <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>christmas</orig> <reg>christmas</reg> </choice>. poor <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0002227 http://d-nb.info/gnd/1055363785"><choice> <abbr><lb />mr</abbr> <expan>mister</expan> </choice> pursh</persname> author of the <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/m4tnqjf9"><hi rendition="#u">flora</hi> <hi rendition="#u">americae</hi> <choice> <abbr><hi rendition="#u">septentr</hi>.</abbr> <expan>septentrionalis</expan> </choice> </bibl> is no more. his widow <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />has just arrived from <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000345 https://www.geonames.org/6251999"><hi rendition="#u">canada</hi></placename>, with a very extensive collection of <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />specimens of plants from that country which is now in my possession. <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>had</orig> <reg>had</reg> </choice> he lived it was his intention to publish a flora of <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0000345 https://www.geonames.org/6251999">canada</placename>, for <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which he had collected ample materials. i beg you will present <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />my kindest respects to <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0001517 http://d-nb.info/gnd/115674667"><choice> <abbr>mr</abbr> <expan>mister</expan> </choice> kunth</persname>. is <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>their</sic> <corr cert="high">there</corr> </choice> any hopes of <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <sic>of</sic> <corr type="deleted" /> </choice> seeing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />you & him in this country soon. <add xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" place="superlinear"><metamark /><choice> <orig>since</orig> <reg>since</reg> </choice> writing the above</add> i have just received a very <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />long and interesting letter from my friend <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0012873 http://d-nb.info/gnd/116442921"><hi rendition="#u">professor</hi> <hi rendition="#u">decandolle</hi></persname> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />who mentions that the <bibl xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" corresp="https://edition-humboldt.de/ijr4mggu"><choice> <abbr>2<hi rendition="#u"><hi rendition="#sup">d</hi></hi></abbr> <expan>second</expan> </choice> <choice> <abbr>vol.</abbr> <expan>volume</expan> </choice> of his systema <choice> <abbr>veget.</abbr> <expan>vegetabilium</expan> </choice> </bibl> will be <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />out in a month from the date of his letter, 26 <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <abbr>oct</abbr> <expan>october</expan> </choice>.
urn:cts:humboldtdigital:letter.H0014540:2	p	p. s. i was extremely sorry, at not having the pleasure of seeing <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />your friend <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0012928 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117648213"><choice> <abbr>dr.</abbr> <expan>doctor</expan> </choice> caspar</persname>, who i beg you will give my compliments <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />to. i have just had a very splendid <placename xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0008847 https://www.geonames.org/3996063">mexican</placename> plant which <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />has flowered in my hothouse, it is nearly allied to <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">bromelia <lb />paniculigera</name> of <persname xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/h0016188 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117384836">swartz</persname>, at least of the same genus with it, very <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />different from <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant">bromelia</name>. <choice xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <orig>the</orig> <reg>the</reg> </choice> flowers are white edged with crimson <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />in large panicles. the <subst xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"> <del rendition="#s">floral</del> <add place="superlinear">stem</add> </subst> leaves from 2 to 3 feet long of a beautiful <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />crimson.<lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />