Dr. Jacoby - 2 - May 1*. lB6 9 



Unfortunately, he is too little a botanist and conr#isseur of 

 specific plants);o he able to collect to best ability.but he desjhrea the 

 advantage against many of his collSfeues, that he does not operate as a 



commissio-erfor any plant dealer, but travels at his 



own eTpense- In 1866 bloomed in the botanical garden of Athens an inte- 

 resting Agave under the name A. atroviens Karud.. You find a descrip- 

 tion of it in last year 1 s annualbf the German ma.p:azine by a Hr. Herbert 



in . I gave a lecture about this and another Agave. »which 



fl owered in 1860 in Donaudaschingen in the prince Fuerstenber^garden 



<; before the section of the Silesian Soci etyy whi ch / appeare 



in the minutes of that section. Both plants show quite new and stränge 



% appearances in their and I consider both new and undes- 



cribed.If I ca^ get plants o^ them, I um st wait. I do have seeds of 

 both kinds. 



If only I could cultivate thera in an artificial (? E.D.) climate, , 

 my a^ave research- would get mich further. At Guedeney you will have 

 yourself enjoyed his culture . I have never seen in our clinate so 

 well developed, streng and robust Agavae then with him.If only I will! 

 achieve to obtain a stationärere sting Mac e, and not^any nore te ha - v® 

 to migrate, then I would want to achieve/ worthwhile even in our cli- 

 mate Now, my esteemed friend, remain well for this time and recommend 

 me heartily to professor Braun, and exhort him for me for the propaga- 

 Mor of Agavae in the Berlin Botanical Garden, so that they may finally 

 get into life during this Summer 



Düring my passage I saw in Leipzig again several interesting? 

 Aravae at Laurentius greenhouse. 



With heartiest greetings Your honest friend: Sr. Jacobis 



(translated from German script by E. Denison, Nov. 1988 ) 



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