Ree. April 7 Königsberg in Prussia 
Ans. iO Royal Botanical Garden 
March 18. , I88O 
Esteemed Friend l 
I thank jou ver mich for your let^er of Feb. 11, '80. I am- very 
sorry, that you had to p-o throij.Th so rm;ch dif f ici;.lties latel:/*- I 
heard aboijt the loss of ym^r wife at the time thr>oi;crh Mrs. Mette- 
nlus.a^d, also, that Georg was seve^ely sicl^^TAfith cadaver poisoning,. 
I a^ i?"lad , that you can at least ^ive -^ood news about yourselT. For 
the Quercus and conifers fron California and the Catalpa best thanks, 
More I have not yel^ received:.. I fu.rther received seeds of Catalpa 
speciosa » ■ Will probably not prosper in our climate.. The disserta- 
tion about the California conifers is most welcome. I need is for 
the conifers of Bronsteins ( ? E.D.) From Mrs. Mettenius I was given^ 
for you a few conifiers ( Thuya gip-antea and others ),which Braun had 
put top^ether for you^^ There is so little, that it is hardly worth - 
while to pro through the Smithonian for shipnent, . Less k^^o/n' essays, 
pieces with leaf-sprouts on the roots,Isoetes echinospora, I .just 
mailed to you post. 
I an in the ve^^y disa^^reable Situation since Feb. 12 in mo - 
Ving- into the new Institution buildinpr in the Urban Gardem There 
are two floors with 12 Windows 
(between bottom of papre 1 and top of page 2 there is something^ 
missing, E.D..), 
.... widtlt and looks o^uite imposing?. It will offer for 50 years or 
more a longish hall for the collections, which present ou.y^ work-.Bre- 
low are two auditoria and my residence of 10 rooras, kitchen, pantry; 
the basement is very spacious but not deep enough-, and I fear, the 
floor in my hom.e will be very cold:, which I fear specially, and which 
is very disa^^reable to m. e,as I had become qu.it e rheumatic in Bonn 
in my feet and leP'S', of which I recove^ed slowly, If you come ever 
ap-am to Europa, take quarters with mej 
