Jacobi 



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Oct. 29,1866 



pla thiacanthae. It is obvionsly a more northerly form as it is 

 very hard. 



13) ripe seeds of E. Cumningii 

 I hooe, that these plant s will arrive in good shape, and ask you 

 to irforn me, if you can prive letalis about their d i stribution. Ec. 

 Poselgerlanus and papillosus *ro here and in France siraply as Eo. 

 Blaerii . . Poselgr» . That is entirely wrong;. . £. Blaerii is a mich sraaller, 

 graceful forrrr, and supposedly^the one, which Foerster naned Ec. mammi- 

 lif er, The latter I have not yet seerr 



Now pwemit me to f inally ask you, if you cannot let me have sone 

 frora your collection.be it plants or seeds. The following species would 

 be most desired: M. mioromeris, La siacantha, . Graham! , pheliosperma, , 

 Wrigrhtii , meiacantha , echinus , pectinata , tuberculosa, . radiosa,, macro- 

 m eris, f issurata. E. Scheerii , Cantii, Emoryi,, ninidescens, , horizonta- 

 lonius, . intertextus.. E c. vlrldif lorus, chloranthus, dasyacanthus , 

 ctenoides, ,, coespitosus, lon^rizetus, dubius, Engelmannii , . Erioryi , 

 Information about cultural Instruction f or .^ectinati . stenopethala,, 

 Emoryi j__ Graham! , Greg£rii. Anthispus (?? E.D.) 



In the copy of your opus, which cane to me from Leipzig, table 

 XIV of illustrations is missing.. Would it be possible, to obtain this 

 still ? 



Now my raost esteemed friend I take leav e for this time from you. 



In the hope, that my shipment will arrive in n-ood order and that you 



will find them while in frood health, I prreet you with most sincere 



devotian, Your Jacobi" 



I let the letter go sepa^ately and mal 11 

 the box with the plants later.. 



(translated from German Script by E. Denison, Dec. 1988) i 



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