Lemaire, Charles 



Ghent, Belgium March 28, 1869 



Dear and lllustrious colleague, 



I received with very vivid pleasure your letter of December 23, and I hurry to respond to 

 it. 



I also received your two volumes, that are magnificent works. The last three letters were 

 addressed to you in St. Louis, Missouri but do not seemed to have arrived. This is most 

 regrettable. 



I mentioned to you that my studies on Cacti had been exhausted and only available in 

 the ?????? ( handwriting is non deciphrable). I am very sorry that I have not been able 

 to satisfy you. Slnce a long time I have finished my Monograph of Cactacea. But the 

 editor was not interested in botanical works!!! I have tried to find another without 

 success. 



( A long sentence is not translatable because of unrecognizable hand writing) 



With this letter you will received my small ???????????. I would appreciate a very long 

 letter from you as your critic would be very bénéficiai. 



I will await, dear Sir and very honored colleague very good news from you. 



Very Sincerely Yours, 



Ch. Lemaire 



