San Antonio, May 5* 1876 



Dr. G # Engelmann, St # Louis. 



I received your esteemed letter of Nov. 9, l8?5 in due time and must 

 apologize for not having answered sooner, but I have been very busy this Winter, in 

 that I shipped about 150,000 grape cuttings and also rooted cuttings to France, and 

 in fact of the hl. Spanish, which are frequently cultivated here. If the experiment 

 is successful, I think I will again receive Orders next year # Later on I waited in 

 the hope from day to day that I eould send you some leaves and flowers of the wild 

 grapes, from the upper Valleys between Rio Grande and Pervo, but unfortunately they 

 did not arrive, instead only cuttings, all of which proved to be dry. 



Our grapes also suffered very much from a late frost. I lost many of my 

 Cacti through leaf-lice, so namely the 0p„ Davisii , tbink bowever I will ret)lace them 

 because it occurs frequently in the Granite region near Fort Maison, ? The flower is 

 red, as I hear. My 0. Ruf i da also suffered so that I cannot expect any flowering. I 

 would be very thankful if you would send me a leaf of 0. Microdasys , please however 

 write to me if you prefer one or the other, I will be gl ad to send it to you, 



I endeavored to obtain seed of Yucca Canaticulata , however without result up 

 to now, on the one hand these have bloomed only weakly this year, on the other band 

 only seldom do they set seeds. A few days ago I received a few Yucca plants from 

 Fort Stanton. They are still green and I hope 1 can get them to grow, but today I 

 cannot yet give an opinion. From the same region I also have a Agave Maculata , which 

 however thrive only very poorly, from that neighborhood I have a different flat variety 

 which has broader leaves, smooth and dark green and in its entire habits is similar to 

 the Agave Mexicana > 



Together with this letter I am sending a branch of Acacia which often here 

 occurs in tree-like bushes from 15-20 feet high, called Wisage by the Mexicans, and 

 would appreciate it if you would give me its botanical name. 



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