Conradi - 2 - January 19.1857 



Later it occured to me f ,that you conld perhaps get in Frankfurt* 

 fgßJö some pointers for your problems fron- Mr. Hernann Meyer, wh© mad e 

 himself a ^^ie in the scientific world through his research in the fos- 

 sil Fauna.. 



Since von ieft me, so unendingly mich came to ny nind , thatf- I nust 1 

 indeed entreat your sincerely, to devote during the Summer a sone^at 

 lone-er* tirne to me». You will then probably also see a part of the locall 

 collections,, though I tooK, only part in t^eir formation* 



In the appendix to the travelogue of Dr. Wlslizenus», in which you 

 describe the botanical 1 results of this itinerary, you say on. page 2^7,, 

 after dividin^ the cacti into two main divisionst: ''The flowers of all 

 Süecies^ of the f ir st ; di vi sion ( ? E • D • ) appear-, with the dubious excep- 

 tion of some Mammilariae on the growth of the sarae year..' 1 .. 



This is certainly an error, as you take to this first group all 

 Mararailariae. Of the latter though it is the floryphant ae,glandulipho- 

 rae, ard 1 o n.gyfnanna e f o r which this character fits.. All other manmila- 

 riae flower ^twt 60tiU C\) the 2nd year, or possibly the 3rd and ^th t . 

 and stand theref ore between the apiciflorae and the lateriflora e kind- 

 of in the middle. 



Be^o^e I close for today, I must ask you to let me know, ^hen you 

 think you will arrive in Berlin, where you will stay there,, and how 

 long to intend to renain there. This is very important to me for this 

 reasom that affcsrx shortly after I have been transferred, I will 

 have to go to Berlin to present myself to his majesty^ If you are 

 also theT-e , I shall make it possible, to see you too and to inforrr 

 you- about the day of ny arrival' and place of ny staying quarter#. 

 With friendly greeting? Your sincerely devot ed^ 



J aoobi" 



(translated fron German script' by E. Denison, Dec. 1988 )) 



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