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Since you probabiy would like to have P. Elliottii soon, I think it best to send this 

 immediately to New York to be shipped to Hamburg or Bremen; of course, this will add to 

 to your expenses and it is a question whether this shipment is worth that to you. Therefore, 

 I am not sending anything eise until I hear from you. 



It will be best to sow P. Elliottii soon; at home, it germinated in November and 

 December and grows up until May so that it can stand the summer heat and lack of water. 

 Light, but not sterile soil near the coast, also probably damp country is its habitat. 



Mentzelia is two years old. 



Do you have any agent in New York to whom I could send the shipraents? 



I understood that you only wished to receive the seeds (and not the closed cones) 

 of the conifers. 



Young Yucca Treculeana may probably be obtained from Texas. But I have to know the 

 height, the time you want it sent and the way it should be packed and what I can off er 

 for this in your name; otherwise I am afraid it might cost more than it is worth to you. 



Sincerely yours, 

 Dr. G. Engelmann 



I believe it is better not to enclose anything in this letter, but to send everything in 

 the boxx 



