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(däried) for position; with Liriodendron comes first a 2/5 position 
of foliage leaves; the 5th (or the 6th above the 1st) are the enor- 
mous, deciduous, 2 - lobed bracts,then 3 sepal and 6 flower-petals, 
but not in 3-part whirls;no leaf stands in front of another;is this 
a 5/13 position ? You surely have examined them already. 
Benth.& Hook Genera (obviously a book, E.D.) repeat data from. 
Ledley’s; but this is completely wrong. I enclosea floral diarran. 
The covering is very irregular but exactly presented; most likely 
imbricata not velveta,. 
Recently a story by a Mr. Raaben zu Neumann in 5erlin fell into 
my hands, just published. What kind of a name has that man ? That it 
is dedicated to zol shows already how few principles 
( not to say prejudiced) that he uses slang- 
expressions of the day from the party pvresses,speaking of Polak 
barons, etc, shows that he he is not suited as a writer of history. 
That, now, brings me to politics.- With you, things seem to 
appear a little bit shy. Of ours I do not want to say anything, 
they are too pityful.That Bismarck suffered that Luxemburg slap, 
may possibly be really fine, to dampen that specific Prussian at- 
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titude.Hopefully all will developfell, though there is/talk on the 
forum about war. 
I wrote recently to Buchanan about Sagittaria „ I fear he takes 
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on too much, without the necessary equipment and studies. Itold hin 
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so myself. 
To Payne (the discoverer of Nymphaea tuberosä& I sent letters 
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for you and > ; he is going to Europe as teacher of 
Natural Sciences to an american mission school in Constantinopel. 
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He can do quite abit,his zeal is wreat,his knowledge poor. 
Now to me I! We want to send Georg to Berlin in the Fall; if we 
ourselves will come along, is doubtful. I really do not know, if 
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