Eichler, A. W. 

 1876, July 25th 

 Kiel, Germany 



TRANSLATION 



Editor »s office Kiel, 25th July I876. 



of 



Martius Flora Brasiliensis 

 (Prof.Dr. Eichler) 



Dear Mr. Engelmann, 



Thank you very much for your kind letter of the 5th of this month and for the 

 brochure. I read this imraediately with the greatest interest and especially profited 

 much from the Agave s for the Diagramme, It is a pity that I din't know about this 

 earlier; only Quercus can still be used since the second part will probably put to 

 print not before November of this year. 



I won*t include the cactaceae if you don't send me your work. I did not have^oS^ 

 hand and could say so little about the little which I have that the whole world knows 

 already, I was not able to do a complete diagram on hardly anything, the history was 

 too mixed up for me, You are in a happier position in this regard, but I don't hardly 

 dare to ask for your help, you will probably need your time for better things, However, 

 should you think differently and would have the great kindness to fill the gap, I should 

 be very happ^ and obliged to you. Then, the simplest way to do this would be if you 

 would write the pertinent part in such a way thqt it could g© to the printer right away; 

 of course, it would be in the book under your name« As I should like to see the matter 

 in general, you can see from the first part, however, it could be more detailed, Only 

 with regard to the figures we have to be more sparingly and only show what is absolut ely 

 necessary in order to understand the ucsk matter, Since I, as I mentioned above, wish 

 to Start the printing in November of this year, I should like your work, if y@U intend 

 to send me anything at all, by this time. 



Please accept ray thanks in advance for the pröraised fruit, You do a great service 

 for our still very poor Institute. The new buildings which were promised to us, but 

 weie never even started, will have to be built soon since I just received an expert's 

 opinion that the old buildings wont survive the Coming winter and it won't be possible 

 to undertake any thorough repair, One of them has already partly collapsed. 



The Brasilian emperor and empress have arrived in London, according to newspaper 

 reports and intend also t> come to Germany. I don't know yet whether I want to get an 

 introduction as I did the last time; the short presentation is not worth the trouble 

 and expense of the trip and the couple will hardly come to Kielo 



You-4iave probably heard about Braun 's excellent anniversary celebration and will be 

 gla^ that Bfaun received such rieh and füll recognition at that time. Hofmeister 



