ie Lenormand 



Rec. Paris 27 March 



Vire March 26, 1869 



My dear Sir, 



The day before yesterday I found a very agréable surprise when receiving your excellent 

 letter dated in Paris the 23rd. of this month. I knew that you where in Europe and I had 

 the most vivid désire to write to you; but I did not know your address. I asked my friend 

 Buchinger from Strasbourg, two times, but with no results, about my correspondence 

 which I count on for my information. He knew that you were in Somme but ready to leave 

 this town. He asked Mr. Weber, scholar on Cactophils, for the letter that you sent him. I 

 dreamt of having your address, and thank God, it was you who had given me the means 

 which enables me to converse with you, and I hurry to profit from this opportunity. I 

 longed to thank you for the dispatch that you were so kind to send me from your 

 magnificent American bulrush collection. That precious collection arrived already some 

 time ago, and was perfectly preserved You can't imagine how happy I am to have it. 

 Other that the great merit that thèse plants have for themselves, they will be for me the 

 type that will allow me to recognize in a positive manner, other species of the same 

 gender that I have from the United States. AH what I have received has corne from Mr 

 Camby, Gobb and Curtis, to which I must add some from California. I am grateful to Mr. 

 Golander for those that are not yet named. While I will have the spare time to examine 

 them, I will profit from your kindness and send you those that I have not been able to 

 recognize or of which I have many doubts. 



Unfortunately there were no Isoetes nor Linnacee, that you thought you had placed in 

 your package or perhaps sent erroneously to Mr Al Braun. I did not see any and this 

 scholar who wrote me two times did not mention if you had asked him to tell me. I 

 présume therefor that you forget them, which is too bad as I have a préférence for the 

 Isoetes. I own nearly ail the ones that corne from Europe and Algiers. In regards the 

 American species I received only two or three from Mr. Camby. 



I did not realize how many Linnacee there were. My friend, Mr. Eulenstein, who résides 

 in Dresden, asked me a few months ago, how many I had, so that he could tell Mr. 

 Hegelmaier. I satisfied his désire, but have as yet not received thanks. I fear that they 

 were of no help to the monograph of this scholar. If you would have some of the 

 bulrushes from the United States, I would be most obliged to receive them. 



I congratulate myself more and more for having been able to correspond with your 

 scholars and generous compatriots, Mr. Camby, Gobb and Gollander, who have alreay 

 sent me a shipment that will be followed by others which they are going to prépare for 

 me. Mr. Camby went to Florida already some time ago, where he will stay until the month 

 of May. He promised me a good portion of his harvest. Mr Porter increased his 

 correspondence. You say I am well on the way of knowing more and more about the 

 végétation of north America, my knowledge will be more complète if you could add some 

 of the plants that grow in the south of your country, of which you have already sent me 

 some. I am thanking you in advance for your generosity. 



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