Jacobl 



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August 12,,l869 



shers, I wrote past winter to Seemann and asked him to get in 

 co^tact vrith the socyeti (sie, E.D.) i>^ my name, but have not re - 



project, and rio you think ; one could get agreement, to let the work 



appear in German gftä Engl! Sit ? r . 



M y last Postscript to my book o^ Afravae is now in print # . As soorr 

 as 1t has v een published, you will reeeive a oopy, also a report 

 about a lecture , which I prave last winter about two Agave f Towers 

 for the bot. section of the Silesian Society, of which oneffhere irr 



Athen and the other in Donaue sc hingerrff loweredj. . Both of thenr, acc Or- 

 ding to my view, new species, which in the index of the appendix are 

 being carried und er incorrect naraes*. 



Of my seedlings only A. Parryi is doing welll; if I will be able to 

 raise A. virginica , is quite doubtf ul« T. edulis did not germinate at 

 all; of Y. angu s t i f ol i a. only one seed. 



With heartiest greetings your most devoted 



ceived up to now 



answer from him. What is yoi^r opinion about this 



as well as 



Jacobr 



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



