Jacobi 



Aug. 11 t 1868 



In both places I concentrated prlmarly on obtaining photo - 

 srraphs f or my soon cominp: monograph of th e Agava e and hope, that 

 these pendle will ( fall back on emuty prorai ses. . 



In St. Genmain I found k Airave in the open,which have been dilti - 

 vated In thls manner f or IS years. At a Mr. Goupy an A. Salmiana, a 



A. Jacobiana a^ri an A. Amenjeana. The first two named were Riant 

 snecimens of 17 feet diameter and leaf lenp-th to 8 feet. The 4th 

 plant 1s in the garden of a restaurant 4 , Pavillon de Henri IV . It 1b 

 entirely new to nie. I thought, that it may be A . Saunderi i Hoar. of 

 these curiositles the Paris botanists know nothing,., and we ascribe it 

 to a lucky brake, that we got knowledge of their existence». 



Also, in Belgium I found a nost stränge Agave at a Baron Canard 



d f? Jiamale. Belonging to the snaller of its kind,. shaped , , 



and all younger leaves upright and all otheres strongly recursred, , 

 lying o^ top of eaoh other or humifuse* upper surf ac es flat-curved f . 

 Tower surfaces flat concave, both sides very rough, On the leaf rims 

 with horn-1 ike , turned downward spines, alrnost adnate to the rinn 

 The flat-concave leaf rins in the Spaces between the spines gnarled- 

 serrulated. The lat^er an appearance, which was a first for ne. 



In London I made the personal aquaintance of Dr. Seemann, which 

 was very welcome. On the other band, Mr. Jos. Klaarer showed ne little 

 courtesy and f riendlyness. - 



I envy you your trip to Italy^ rauch, and would like to acconpany 

 you, speciallv to Palermo. The garden there has raany nice items but 

 with ve^y imprecise noraenclature» « Should you stay in Bologna, re - 

 comme^d ne to prof essomahzerinii . 



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As yoi) do not pro vi de me with an address, I send this letter to 



Alex. Braim,whol will eventuallyjjet h old of you.Hoping to get once 



in a while word from you I great you heartiljr 



Your sincere Friend v. Jacobi 



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



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