Letters to Henry N. Bolander, 1862-1878.

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Letters to Henry N. Bolander, 1862-1878.

Fifty-eight letters concerning mosses and other plants in California.

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Bolander, Henry N.

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Lesquereux, Léo, 1806-1889

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