did the fate of the rest of the family shake us. Mrs Caspary died in August , now 
followed by Mrs. Braun who will be buried today( as | recall) in her case death 
was a relief from long suffering. 
Since that time | have to thank you for many friendly messages especially 
for those concerning okra. These in particular have interested me. Unfortunately 
| have had to give up refereeing for Botanische Zeitung the last couple of years 
so | can finish a particularly large volume | started long ago. | often wish that / 
could change this again because Berichte were already limited in Zack's’ time. 
Count Johan has already for a long time asked me for an opportunity to 
ask you for seeds (fertile) from the Pontederiaceae on your land. | am doing so 
now and if | were not afraid of annoying you would add a request for a pair of 
Colorado beetled for collectors here. But for heavens sake not alive. Recently 
someone sent a pair in a newspaper through the mail to Elsass and created a 
bureaucratic mess. 
Is there anything you would like from me in exchange? | have collected 
some ? for you in Schwarzwald and the rest here. 
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