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conceivable care f arid this complaint is quite general in Germane 



The Controller of the Main Ctistoms Office in Münster,, Schaefer,, 

 works mich with hybridization.. *esides a hole lot of Echinopsr , he 

 treated the Hybris ignescens, who f se derivation unf ortunately can 

 not he obtained, , with poller of Eehlnops tulipif era t and received f^omr 

 this hybrids bein.^ close to Ce^ei" radicantis and the Philocacti, how- 

 ever irregulär in the forraation of sections (Jacobi uses the wor<£ 

 •»Glieder 11 = members, E.D. ) . I shall get the plant soon in flower, and 

 will give you a descriptiorr of it. Mr Schaefer did also pollinate last 

 vea rPh. philantoides with pollen of Echinocereus acif er, and will! 

 send to ne seed as soon as ripens». As you do not have the facility for 

 plant growing, I do not dare to off er you some of my plant s'. Should 

 your interests afford to receive seeds of various species ,1 wöuld he 

 m 0S t Willing as far as ny week strenfch permits. 



With the request, to kindly excuse, that a layman has taken 

 your valuable time with his prattlk, and to attribute to my zeal for 

 the cause,. that I addressed you b^ letter, I close with outstanding? 

 high esteem, Your most devoted servant 



Jacobi 



Major, 8th Artillery Regiment,, 

 (translated fron German script by E . Denison, Dec. 19B8 ) 



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