Ree. Oct. 12 
Ans. Nov. 26, 1880 
Königsberg in Prtissia, Sept. 22, 187"^ 
Esteemed Friend ! 
Dr. Magirus in Berlin- sent to me your drawings and OTitten State- 
ments about IsoeteS t which you had sent to A. Braum Möre could not- 
be found. P mail today a small packet to Dr. Felix Flügel I, , who will 
get it to you through the Smithonianri, I send it^ registered, to be sure,. 
that he carries the task out.,, 
Since my last letter Nyraphaea flave has had 3 blossoms. She flow- 
ers in day time. I examined the flowers in detaili and the plant be- 
longs despite the runners into the division- Castalia , not to Lotus 
as I assumed then bef ore I knew the flower.. Unf ortunately it is late 
in the year and the weather is cold and rainy, and the sunr shines on- 
ly sometimes this time of the year, daily or not at all^and it cannot 
be expected this year that the flowers willi produce fruit, the less so,, 
as they are inclined to be fertilized by other flowers. I found the 
anthers dead on the Ist day of flowering. If this be normal, the fu- 
ture will teach'- the weather is too abnormal, that I will have to wait 
•til next year.. 
I have a sister-in-law in the house. ViTs. Braun- in Berlin is 
badly ailing' from a newly broken-out, or, rather developed abscess 
under one arm^. ,,,,,,,,,» will return to Berlin beginning October,, 
and I hope to get by October 1 a distant relation of the Brauns, Miss 
Sophie Drach'' f rom Of f enburg, whom I do not know,but whom Mathilde re- 
commends^ much', into my house« 
May you be better off than T. Heartiest greetings to wife and 
son^ and best wishes for youv 
Ron Caspary 
(translated from German Script by Edgar Denison, July 1988 )) 
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