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Feb.. 10,. 1865 
advena , srroT^mi from seeds fron Leipzig. Bnt of 12 plants onljr 
one renains, and apparently the vSunner here is too cold. It flow- 
ered only 2 - 3 times. Of foreign Nynphaeaceae I have a lar^e,living 
collectiorr, also the Swedish carrnin-red one,ehich is deeply red as- 
Nymphaea rubra Freb. ; it is like N »alba , but I nust deternine the 
variety through further observatlons. I received 5 plants in the 
Fall of 1863, On top of this, I have all houses füll with N^mphaea -^- 
ceae ,nostly in large vessels ..I study then in all directions, to 
deternine the species..The tasks costs nuch, very nuch tine and' 
maximal attention« To conplete the work, I i^lll certainly wait' un-. 
til the Grosses of ITynphaea alba flower, which are now only 2 yearff 
old. . Brasenia -peltata I also have nany, which nobody eise has in: 
Europa, but I cannot get them to flower.. Would you not have the op= 
portunity to give me the address of somebody,- who conld collect 
Cabonba carstiniana in alcohol or send seeds in noistened charcoal,. 
so that I could grow the plant here.! I know ve^y little of Cabonba, 
despite seing,vrhat the^e is in Europe. Now, a^ain heartiest tharJcs 
for your suprene gift. Do not scold about ny nimerous requests.- 
(The-'^e is no signature ! E.D.)"- 
Translated fron Gernan Script by Edß:ar Denison, August 1988 )i 
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