Jacobi Ree. Augs 17 F^iedland August 11,1868 



Ans, Apr. 2o ye^ not 

 given. 



Most esteened Friend. ! 



Your kind comraunication fron Kreut znach of the 8th of this month, I re- 

 ceived today in the cant#nement qnarters , where I an for inspection of 

 the 8th artillery brirade, and thank you raost s<t>ncerely for itt. 



The seeds of A. Panyi have gerrainated quite well for nie, and I 

 hone to p-et the young "brood well through the winter, despite the fact,, 

 that it was rather late when I did do the sowing.. I an very curious about 

 the developraent o^ the rlarts, because the existing ones of Dr.Pany are 

 very poor. He, who has not ocoupied hiraself ?or a long time speeif 3 cally 

 wlth one family, jud#es about dif f ere^ces of Single species onlyv in a 

 suüe^f icial way a>°d characteri stic differences often escape him entire- 



iy. 



Muckp more scanty was t^e Predni na t i on of A. virrri^ica for ne ( o>^ly< 4 

 llttle plant s) . May God give, that I can raaintain them. Even rauch worse 

 did it go with the Opuntias, of which I have only 2 plantlets of 0. 

 Emory. I was rißrht a way suspicious of the seed. It was either collec- 

 ted unripe.or the fruit s were packed wron^ly r and the seed becane Sick« 

 _E 1 L^-Cantei and the Cereus - ? I did not yet plant as I hone to do better,, 

 if I plant these at the beginning of May.. I had very bad luck with the 

 sowing of M. Scheeril . Of a dozen young plant s, which I brought success- 

 fully through the winter, not one is left over. Düring the 3 weeks in 

 May, when I was on a trip, they all dri e d np. 



After conpletion of the naraed official trip I went home, and nsed 

 the tirae reraaini ng after the corapletion for a botanical tour of Holland.,, 

 England, France and Belg iura. In Holland I picked up ny friend De Tonge 

 van Elleneet at Walchen. We bq/rded at Vlissingen and stayed 3 days in 

 London and 3 days in Paris, where we saw rauch of interest and rauch- 

 stränge.. 



