Leonhard! 2 Dec. 15, 1867 



if you can use them as exchange material\ then let nie only know„ 

 how I am to address themvif directly to St. Ltouis, or to somenody*' 

 in Hamburg or Bremen, or to Julius in Frankfurt, if they should be ad- 

 dressed to your cabinet, and if or h ow much freight I am supposed to 

 pay. The entire box weighs 42 Zoll-pound s. If you do not want alll 



(only a few pieces, of which there are many I shall l *7*Jf? 



keep myself. I have hardly use), and, thus, the weight will be less. 

 13 coul^, howeverr enclose several pieces of Chondrites antiquus Gip - 

 pert, which occur frquently here near Prague.. 



At this opportunity I remark, that, uporr questioning at the lo- 

 cal museumv I was told , that, except a shipment of plants by you,. 

 nothing has ever arrived. With the plant, there was supposed to be a 

 package for me, but it has never been received. Either is has been- 

 mislayed , or,by mi stake, its content emigrated into the museum. 



Ih my letter of August 7 I wrote you about M r. F. Seitz here,. 

 if you could not get him a seed-corn of one or another rare cactus 

 species, which he mentioned to you. He will gladly pay for your ex - 

 penses. I believe, the man deserves, that his eagerness be recognized.. 

 He is very successful in the production of stränge bastards,and has 

 raised a /rreat number of these and continues to do so. He intends to 

 print a catalogue, he is also successf ull ! with plants , always after 

 something rare. From. Alraun he heard last (from our friend Julius 

 I have since spring of last year no letter)* in a year you come per- 

 haps yourself (about your Georg, if he did get to Berlin actually, I 

 have also no news) , thus we hope,to be able to accomodate you as 

 scuests, and you will! enjoy the cacti at our neighbour». 



Hopefully, you have been well since then. We ourselves are well. 

 My public lectures for a lars-e public I combine this winter with 

 Cbnversation. They take place every Friday evening from 6% - 8 o.e. 

 and about 130 of both sexes take part. It is a preparation for the 



