Ree. March 23 Erfurt March 20, 1857 



Ans. " 25 



Dr. Georg E ng elmarirr fr c-m St. Louis 

 per adr..Prof. Alex Braun, Berlin- 



E nclosect I mail'invoice for seeds- expedited already-orr the 

 lStYt to Bremen for Mr. Gbebel 1 care of Ferd.Reuss & Co. in St. Louis.. 



My agent in Bremen notifies me, that he had to transfer 

 the shipment to Messrs Konitzky & Thiermann there e-e-e transport' by 

 American-Europaean Express« & Exchange Co. 72 Broadway, New ^ork,, as 

 the * Societydid not aeeept further commissions.. In this 



way it s-oes with 1 the stearaship Washington on the 21st and will be 

 expedited quicklyv and with the present a^a^srement extremely rea - 

 sonably.. (The following in a different handwriting, namely that of 

 Haage, E. D. ) 



As to Leuchtenbergia I remember that the berry was rather 

 large, grey-green,more elongated than round, and contained- 90 rather 

 strong kernels, which were quite black, The berry was smooth with ex- 

 tensive scales without 1 bri stles> . Unf orturiately I took no notes about 

 it.but hope, that my speeimens will flower and shall I communicate in 

 detail about this to you;I will dry 2 flower s and send them to you.. 



With n-reatest esteem Your most devoted / 



Schmidt :• Haage ^ 



Listing of Cacti , described in the Boundary, which are missing in eu- 

 ropaean collections or are very rare.. ( see original list,E.D. ) 



(translated from German script by E. Denison, Nov. 1988) 



