Ree April 3 Erfurt, March 1>,,1865 



Ans.. June 25 



Sir Prof essor Dr. . G'eo. E ngelmanrr 



St. Louis, Missouri' 



Most honored gentlenan t 



We take the libertyvto humbly inquire, if we can obtairr 

 through your- Cooperation- from tine to time seeds f ,bulbs and tubers 

 of native american plant s, specially sun-plants, shrubs,rare coni- 

 fers, cacti etc. An exaet tabulation of desirable species is hard- 

 ly possible, but we can use everything, which- is of interest to 

 europaean collections, and you yourself can best judge this. We are 

 ready to reeiprocate in every wayyas desired by you. If you your- 

 self should not have the oportunity to engage in our proposi tiorr,, 

 we would be nost thankfull if you would put us in contact with col- 

 lectors.. 



In the hope of getting your esteemed news soon we sign with 

 hiebest esteem ^ 



Haage and Schmidt 1 

 We enclose some seeds of new cacti ; hoping, that they will be aprre- 

 able to you. If anything fron our catalogue is desired by you, we 

 ask for inf ormatiorr of your wishes. Cereus giganteus- has become 

 quite rare; we would much welcome a shipment of seeds. You may have 

 reeeived our catalogue a Ire ad y several times.. 



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



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