Jacoby 3 Dec. 1, 1P57 



the 3^th° tati tud e.Lab. is however right, and I submit to you, 



that/bhe prevailing larger ocean surface in the South makes the cll- 



mate of the same latitudes signif icantly nilder. Buenos Aires lies 



on the 3^th latitude, where Fiany plants prosper, x^hich corae closer 



to the tropics, and fron which hale a not insignif icant nunber of 



cac ti • . £M("e^ 



On the southern boundary of the State Buenos Ayres , f orned^ by the 



Rio ne^ro, there lies at its mouth a small group of Islands, of which 

 the lärmest is named Thowa. This Island area is being visited fre - 

 quently by ^uano pratherers, and the brother of the gardener Cels in 

 Berlin, who is ships- captain in the merchant marine brought fronr 

 the^e several snecies Echinocac tus , o^ these _E« Thaidens! s, E, f erox , 

 ar " d £ • ^i bbo sus , wh ich, however, I consider all only varieties of E . 

 g-ibbosus This Island Thowa lies though on the same latitude as the 

 South of the province Valdinia of Chile^ith the Island. Chilae, which 

 belongs to it f fron which cones the probably doubtful E. chi toenze. ^ * 



When you get back an-ain to St. Louis, I hope, you will send 

 mepgain seeds fron Panther ( cannot read nane, E.D. ) and, if possible,, 

 also plants. The best tine for shipping would probably be the end of 

 Pebruary or the beginnlng of October . I fear three itens in ship- 

 ping, they are: insuf ficient packing, moi sture and heat. I do not 

 fear at all' a ^rood frost, if the well' suroimded plants are wrapped 

 in a £cood layer of chopped straw. 



Give to Mr. Pazzany my regards a^d teil hin, that toward Spring 

 I will write hin about an exohan^e of plants« 



NcV I want to say prood-bye for today with the request,to let 

 ne kn.ow how long you will renain in Europe and where I nay think of 

 you, preferrably in Italy. It is quite desturbing, that we could 

 talk only a short time both tines, when we net. How rauch I would : have 

 liked to show you my collection st xsssdsxthis Sunner on the ^rreerr 

 grounds of the Exhibitiorc 



Copyright reserved 



