Ree. Sept. 5 I867 

 Ans. Jan .27 1868 



H. Leonhard! 



Pra^, Aug. 7,186?^ 



Wenzelsplatz 804 



Dear Georg 1 



I wrote to you orr Sept. . 17 of last year, but, until today, I 

 hbped in vain f or a f ew lines c from you 1 , and equalljv in vairr did I 

 expect your feiend Palm, who promised us lf yeai$ back, to come agairr 

 to Prague. Diel he flee back into the american peace due to the eu- 

 ropaean scoldings ? r For some time B raun ga^fe notice, that you 

 would come over this Fall 1 , now he writes, that only your son will 

 come to study in Berlin. I had already thougfrt. of giving you spe - 

 cial pleasure by acoompying you to two collections of Cactus, the 

 one, younger, of Dr. Jan. Hnenke (Henko, Hanko ???? E .D..)' f the other f . 

 older and richer, of Mr. Franz Seitz, who, until we moved to our new 

 place,, was our esteemed and obliging next neighbour.. I made him eager,, 

 that he could obtain from yoir one seed- from those items,which he is- 

 missing, respectively f rom each species. He declares,to get enougft 

 from one seed, as he ftoes not plant it into soil, or, if no seed, 

 a small plant , regardless how tiny.He is very practical with small 

 plant s, and kept things alive and to f lowe ring, wh ich' perished in 

 other europaean collections. . I admonished him, to list the items 

 missing to him, and so he did as per enclosure«. He says, that these 

 include many, which were given to the Court- seed-trad er Baumann irr 

 VJLenna byvFenzl (Fonzl,??? E.D.),who got them from you, but with 

 them all perished' with exception of Wibligeri .. Thus, He had to rely 

 on your kindness.. 



Hopefuljy you will get this letter in time, to send the desi- 

 red seeds and pieces with Mr. Georg, as far as you can provide them.. 

 The collection of Seitz is more than 6,000 speeimens, and he may be 

 able to help you with the other missing^ items, even if you are 

 ready a super-rich Cactus Croesus». If you can make use of the 



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