Gattinger, A. 

 1881, Dec. 20th 

 Nashville 



TRANSLATION 



Nashville, December 20, l88l 



Dear Doctor Engelmann, 



Many thanks for your efforts to correct my mistakes. The following is the 

 matter with the Isoetes. Having such a large number to choose from, I selected 

 the strongest specimens always and left out the thin and meager ones. Of these 

 there were almost just as many, I thought some were young specimens where the 

 carpels had not yet developed. I also selected for you from the dried specimens 

 those with the thickest heads so that you will have ripe spores. 



. .. I am mostly interested in the study of the Tennessee flora. I cannot 

 work on much eise, otherwise I won't achieve anything. Therefore, I am only 

 looking for things which belong to the Flora of the Mississippi Valley. Things 

 from farther east and Florida I shall accept and all ferns. I don't want to obtain 

 things from the Rocky Mountains and California. The species which I sent you as 

 Aster Tennessianii (banks of Cumberland with blue flowers) is Aster virgatus Ell. 



I am very much interested in establishing an exchange in Louisiana, Southern 

 Arkansas, Alabama or also in Texas. I am already in contact with Reverchon and 

 have received very beautiful specimens from him. I also have everything from 

 A. H. Curtiss. I have the locaj. flora and many species (2-300) from Curtiss at my 

 disposal. If you have some plants of the enclosed rush at your disposal, I would 

 be very happy, but don't consider yourself under any Obligation for the few plants 

 I sent you. 



Yours respectfully, 



A. Gattinger 



