Eichler, A. W. 

 1875, Februar y l6th 

 Kiel, Germany 



TRANSLATION 



Editor »s Office Kiel, l6th February I875 



of 



Martius Flora Brasiliensis 

 (Prof. Dr. Eichler) 



Dear Doctor: 



I have not written you again for such a long time to ask you whether you 

 are well, which I sincerely hope. The same I would wish concerning the cactaceae. 

 I don't know whether you received anything from Brazil, not even if you have 

 received anything at all; should that be the case, I am sorry to admit that I 

 don»t know what eise to do. I have written to all my correspondents, sent them 

 Instructions, repeatedly rerainded them of the urgency of the matter, also made 

 some proraises and even if not all the letters reached them, certainly some must 

 have gone through. Please let me know about this. 



Under all the circumstances I should like you to take notice that we have 

 only three short years for the Flora Brasiliensis. Are you in the position and 

 Willing to work on the cactaceae with the material you already have within the 

 above mentioned time limit? This should make me very happy. If not, well, I 

 have to be satisfied and will put the cactaceae together with the other families 

 which will not be done in the Flora Brasiliensis. 



At the time when we discussed this matter personally, I believed it would 

 be easier to obtain more material. At that tiae I was more optimistic; however, 

 I don't worry so much any more if things go wrong with the Flora Brasiliensis. 

 It will be fragmentary and whether it lacks one or more families doesn*t much 

 matter. However, I should like it very much if the cactaceae could be included. 



Warming intended to send you the Gopenhagen material himself . Did this 

 happen? I forgot to ask him, but can still do it. 



My last letter to you I wrote still from Graz. Well, this one is from Kiel 

 where I have been since Easter l875 and director of a disgusting botanical garden 

 (Hegelmaier who has been transferred here is still in Tübingen). I accepted the 

 appointment because they made the most beautiful promises for a new botanical 

 garden and Institute. The land has been bought and plans have been made, but the 

 actual building is a long way away. So I have to make out with scandalous trashy 

 rubbish which I took over from my predecessor Noite (who died several days ago, 

 &k years old). I am doing whatever I can to create decent conditions, but it is 

 slow going, slow because the money grants from Berlin are Coming in slow. Most 



