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as no writing is enclosed and thus I receive many itens and kept 
all the live Isoetes during Summer and Falı fresh.and nice in moss, 
but that cannot cross the ocean. I would mail it to your Garden (The 
Berlin Botanrical Garden, E.D.) by letter-post,if I knew, they would 
pay for the postage. But no choice remains, as I do not want to bur- 
den you, but to mail them as letters and affix postage; I do this 
gladlyhoping, that they will arrive well and provide a service for you. 
If they will be taken care diligently during winter,they will erow 
fine in Spring. Only Braunii belongs entirely under water and murica- 
ta, which you may have received already from Gray; all others should 
be covered only lishtly by watersShould one try or can one somehow 
imitate the sweet-water tide (not salty) for riparia and saccharata ? 
Melanopoda may stand in moisture (not water) once it beeins to erow, 
but will ripen spores also under water,as I convinced myself with my 
culture of last year. 
What I am sendins: 
1. I.melanopoda Athens, Illinois, E.Hall 
I.riparia Delaware Wm. M. Canby 
I, valida minor Delaware " 
4 13) 
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sure ner 
5. K parva Pennsylvania Th. C. Porter 
er 
6. I. Engelmanni Delaware A. Commons 
7. \. Braunsi Niagara G.W.Clintonr 
8. I. u Catskill Mountains #* 
YLs N Mystic Pond W. Boott 
10.1. muricata Woburn, Mass. 5 
11.I.saccharata HNarvyland Wm. M. Canby 
with No. 9 I am not sure, that it is not throush a confusion 
I. muricata, On the Niagara plant I found a small,green alsa of circu- 
lar shape with delicate networkand a similar one on your Heringsdorf 
lacustris, but more window--fan shaped. What things are these ? 
012 3.45. 6 7 8 9 10 Missouri 
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