Rec'dJan 1856 

 AnsJuly 14, 1857 



My dear, most honored Sir! 



It is truly not your fault ifyou have formed a poor opinion of me. My silence after I 

 received your friendly and courteous letter dated January 16of this year must atleast 

 have taken you aback; allow me in your kindness to come before you," scroll in band, 

 inschbed with thankfui duty" and also with my justification. The care with which you 

 received my inquiry and the high scientific interest you obviously have devoted to the 

 examination of the so far throughout superficially treated Cuscuta-facts made it a duty 

 for me to examine and answer in detail the questions you directed to me in your kind 

 letter. pecause ofthe circumstance that Cuscuta polygonum(europaea) first reaches its 

 maximal development in the fall and because all my Cuscutas as well as the analyses 

 ofall north Italien Speeles are in the hands of Professor Möns in Turin who is bedridden 

 at his country estate with a complicated eye inflammation, was it impossible for me to 

 consider an answer earlier; and even now my letter will be delivered before an 

 adequate, dried collection ofall our Cuscutas, to which 



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