Jacobi 



August 12, 1869 



a hybrid, which was createrl by Schaefer, who, unf ortunately, died 

 too early. t , of which I unf ortunately cannot name the parents. Anyway,, 

 E. axygona is certainly involved, and probably E.. turbinata or s ehe- 

 thasl ' because the plant has much shorter spines then E« o^cygona» May* 

 be it can also derive fron E. multlplex>as it has the same body 

 shape as this*. Unf ortunately, I can not send you Information about 

 it not anything exaet about the flower, as I lost my old speeimen se- 

 ve^al years back 1 a>nrl the young one ^as not yet flowe^ed, so that I 

 have not seen the flower ^o^ 5 vears. As far as I can reraember, the 

 outer stamens turne d in part into fine, sraalll petals. As soon as the 

 plant will come into flower aRain. I shall report to you, or send you 

 a note, in case you are in Europe« The flower is beautifully rose-red.. 



This^ spring another hybrid, Phylgc. crenatus, pollinated by 

 C . speciozissimus, came into flower for me,.while, unf ortunately, I 

 was already on the road. I had instrueted ny son to observe the flower 

 and to report to me about shape, size and color and to have it photo- 

 graphed 1 and colored. Fron this there showed several inner crown -leaves 

 ( Jacobi used this tern for ,, petals , \ E.D. .), which on their Points on 

 the inside carried somewhat disfigured anthers. Here we have without 

 doubt a metamorphosis of staraens into petals. If you so wish, I can 

 pro vi de von with one plant 1 as well as a cutting of the Eps. -hybrida 

 fl. subpleno, of the latter Bouch^e has already a faily developed 

 speeimen, Dön f t you have any riesige to come to Hamburg for the Exhi- 

 bition ? You would then have occasion to see Meuche's cactus collec- 

 tion« 



When I was in London past simmer , Seenann- enconra^ed me , to have 



my mono^rap^f of the Agavae oublished in America, where the Smithonien 



Socyeti ( sie, E.D».) would certainly pro vi de the means for it.. . As I 

 so far in vairr 



lookedjaround in Gerraanyv for a publisher, and as the work could with 



complioated embelli shment 1 become the object of^ speculation by publi-- 



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