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R. feaspary 
Sept. 1. 187? 
Your (see note at end of letter) I did recelve some 
time back, and thank you most kindly for them, . The amber- matter I have 
not taken in hand since then-,but hope, to get to it soon,. Of the 
'^^^^^^I do not need lar^re pieces^.only that large.that the piece should 
come from an older trunk if possible Thin branches I do not reject 
in an emerp-ency -^a few yearly rin^rs in ecood development show, and' 
there is a Chance for a good crosscnt of »• Square, and for diago- 
nal and tangential cuts. If larprer pieces can be obtained.I woiild like 
them better*. CecilUe searched in the inheritance for the pieces of 
wood sent by you, but did not find anything specific of that kind. - 
I found though in an american publicationr- - where^I can not teil un- 
fortunately - a listing of 400 wood types of North Anerica, which were 
present at the general exhibition in New York.-Is'nt it possible, to 
get soraething frora there ?' 
I T^^rote 2 biographies of Braun, one for the Flora of Regensbur^^,, 
and one for Tasman Journal of Botanyr both raay be in print*. Braun*'s 
herbarium,collections and hand-written reports -the latter strangl^ 
rieh' and exeraplary.as hardly any other person left something like 
this behind - have been offered by hi s ( f amily,E. D. ) to the governr- 
ment for M 31,69?.- ,which is very anxious,to buy them for the roy- 
al Garden Museum- in Berlin, if only the minister of finance puts the 
money in the budpret.. The government wants to buy also the library,, 
which is estimated to contain 5» 000 pieces.. Before April I878 the ^ 
matter can in no way be decided«. ^ ^ * ' 
1 just examined 62 lakes. I travelled into the deserts, where 
I was with ray wagon (the German is ••Rungenwagen'» a contraption un- 
known to me. E.D.) and horse, which carried my ojm boat , specially 
built for this, and 2 men, just as in Lappland or in previous' 
.Morning and evening we eat..I foimd again' - 5 lakes- 
with losetes, 6 or ? with Littorella , , 4-5 with Lobelia Dortmanni^ 
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