Fenzl, E. 

 1846, June 24t h 

 Vienna, Austria 



TRANSLATION 



Dear Sir, 



Having been informed by State Council Ledebourfc and Martius of your desire to see 

 the Cuscuta in the Vienna Museum, I have the pleasure of informing you that I, with the 

 exception of a few North American moss species determined by Asa Gray which the Museum 

 received, have sent everything of Cuscuta to Ledebour to be forwarded to you. I should 

 be happy to learn from you that you found something new or interesting in our collection. 



As chairman of the museum, it is my duty to explain to you the formalities which 

 our Museum requires to be filled for loans sent out. They are the following: 



1. Immediate notice of receipt with a list of the number of species and specimens. 



2. The collection must be returned as soon as possible with a list of the deter- 

 mination and signed labels by you. 



3. The original determinations, may they be false or correct, must remain just as 

 they are. Please write your determination on the empty label pasted on the sheet and 

 should there be no such label, please enclose your own. 



Should there be duplicates in our collection and should you wish to have such speci- 

 mens in your collection, you have our permission to retain one; just inform us to this 

 effect. Should you be able to add anything which is missing in our order, I should be 

 very rauch obliged in my as well as in the name of the Museum. For myself, I should 

 welcome apart from Alsine from North and South America, some grasses: Poa pectinacea 

 Michx., tenella Pursh., capillaris Michx., hirsuta Pursh., Frankii C. A. Mayer. The 

 first ones would be very welcome for my monograph, the latter for a comparison with the 

 related if not identical species of other countries. Should you be interested in Austrian 

 plants, especially alpinas, Hungarian, Egypt-Asian and Syria, from the Cape, Mauritius, 

 Senegal, Crete in exchange for plants of your collection, I should try my best to satisfy 

 you. 



I should think, especially if the selection of what to send is left to the sender, 

 that such an exchange would be welcome and could be done with the least loss of time. I 

 should also like to know the best way to send you in the future Information and shipments 

 without great expense. 



I have the honor to remain, 



Yours respectfully, 

 Prof. Dr. E. Fenzl 



Curator of the K.K. Hofnaturalien Cabinet 

 June 24, 1846 at Vienna, Austria 







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