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so wish, send you from here ail the Cacti from our collections, that you possibly do not 

 know and that you would like to own, in case you don 't have them in your garden. 



Please pardon me, Sir, at not having the honor of knowing you personally. I allow myself 

 to request in this way your benevolence. I beg you to place my importunity, in behalf of 

 science and for the enthusiastic love that I have for thèse Cacti, and which I recognize. 

 You could add to my excuses in honoring me with your response. 



In the meantime, Doctor, accept my greetings, in the hope that I can start this 

 correspondence with you, which would honor me. 



Charles Lemaire 



Prof, of Botany and Editor of the Horticultural Journal, in Ghent, Belgium. 



