(Letter written by Engelmann, either it is a copy or this letter was never sent. C.L.Transl.) 



3OO3 Locust Street St. Louis, 25 Nov. 1673. 



Dear Sirs, 



I have received your various letters safely. My best thanks for the seeds you sent 

 recently. 



After receiving your first letter of May 20th et I contacted those of my correspondents 

 from which I hopes to obtain the desired seeds. 



The one in Texas wrote me that he is too old and feeble to collect and that it 

 is impossible to hire someone eise, since wvery worker easily makes more money than one 

 could pay for this job. 



Another one at the f rentier of Utah and Arizona refused any exchange, but he said 

 he would send seeds and plants of Yucca and Agave. However, I have not heard from him 

 since. 



Finally, the third one, a physician in South Carolina, the discoverer of Pinus 

 Elliottii , was Willing to collect seeds if his expenses were paid which would be quite high. 



And just now I received a sack füll of P. Elliottii and P. australis which bears 

 fihiit only every two years, didn't have any this year, the others P. glabra and P. serotina 

 were too far away and too difficult to obtain; of glabra we have half a hundred cones, 

 almost without seeda. 



P. Elliottii weighs more than six pounds and costs $ 20.00. I am afraid this will 

 be too much for you and am afraid to place further Orders for these, in any event, they 

 were aeeepted only as a favor to me. 



My friend sent me some seeds of Chamaerops Hystrix , Sabal serrula tum and S. Palme tto 

 which I don't need and which I am sending you. 



What you sent under the name of gloriosa is all Y. aloifolia , which, as you probably 

 know, is called gloriosa by the gardeners. I was finally able to obtain et real seeds 

 of gloriosa and I am enclosing some for your comparison. They are between aliofölia and 

 filamentosa. . . 



I was unable to obtain anything from Arizona, even though some officers (friends of 

 mine) with the troops there (Arizona is a very dangerous Indian country) made promises. 

 One of them who recently passed through here gave me seeds of Yucca baccata which I am 

 enclosing. 



Also a few cactus and Agave seeds. 



The question now is which is the best way to send you what I have for you now. 



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