1577, May bth 

 Wilmington, Dftl. 



TRANSLATION 



Wilmington, Del. May 6th t 1&77. 



Dear Doctor, 



I have received your letter of April 5th, but a painful illness prevented 

 me from writing you earlier. Never in ray life did I suffer such torture. The 

 convalescence is slow and I feel hardly strong enough too the trip. However, 

 looking at the vegetation in the surrounding yeards and gardens and being 

 unable to do anything, I am losing patience and have decided to leave for 

 Bermuda next Thursday, the 10th, from New York on the steamer "Canima". I 

 intend to leave Wilmington Tuesday morning. 



In his Flora of the British West Indian Islands , Grisebach only described 

 one single species of Cactaceae growing in Trinidad, namely Rhipsalis Cassytha. 

 From all the British West Indian Islands, he had of Maraillaria 1, Melocactus 1, 

 Cereus 7, Rhipsalis 2, Opuntia 5, Peiriscia 1, all in all only 17 species. I 

 very mudh doubt that this is the complete number. I shall try to follow your 

 arrangement in your preferred order. 



Fare well, 



Yours, 

 A. Fendler 



