Rec'dJuly23 

 AnsJulylO, 1874 



Berlin June 30th 1872 



Most honored Sir 



I heard a lot about you in Paris and Berlin from His Excellency Persdorff 

 and I would like to ask you to allow me to put the following request before you. I 

 hope that it does not put you off to have a stranger bother you but you know how 

 difficult it is to start a new Cactus collection without lots ofmoney. I had earlier a 

 considerable collection in Lyon(France) where I stayed three years, in part as 

 gifts from Exc. Persdorff in part due to the kindness ofDr. Weber who was kind 

 enough to give me seeds he had brought with him from Mexico. I had to leave 

 France two years ago and am now established here in Berlin but unfortunately 

 had to leave 



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