Friedr.von der Heiden Hilden March 27 1881 



Seed Store and Nursery 



Hilden, (Rheinpreussen) 



Cable address: 

 Vonderheiden 



Ree. April 14 

 Ans. May 27 



Dr. G. Engelmann in St. Louis 



I have reeeived your letter of the 9 th of this month together with contents of 

 cactus seeds and I thank you for the consideration shown me. I do not find the 

 bill for the seeds and ask you to include it at your next opportunity. It would 

 please me iflcan again be of Service to you and therefore I include my 

 catalogue in this mailing. Ifyou find something you like please let me know what 

 you want and I will send it promptly. 



I reeeived a pamphlet from a Mr. M. Seeger in Leipzig on the 15 th of this month in 

 which a number of works on Cacti were listed among which was included a 

 paper by Dr. Engelmann, is it possibly by you? And if so, is it available for 

 purchase? Mr. Seeger writes also:" a highly interesting work about Dr. 

 Engelmann's cacti which the author, who now presumably since long is dead 

 , was kind enough to send me". Thereupon I informed Mr. Seeger that if this was 

 the work by Dr. Engelmann in St. Louis said gentleman was very much alive and 

 even traveled to Avignon and California. Because I am a dedicated Cactus fan 

 and collect all that pertains thereto I must ask you to send me a photo ofyourself 

 so that I can incorporate it in my album of Cactus Fhends. 



Finally I allow myselfthe humble question ifl might name a beautiful Echeveria 

 which I have produced afteryou? ( E. Engelmanni). It is a hybrid of 

 E.Desmetiana X E. imbriata. 



With deepest respect and affection 



Yours Fr. Wilh. von der Heiden 



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