Jacob! - 2 - Sept. 23, 1871 



ceived also a nuraber of valuable cacti, which the Botanical Garden 

 had already in increased nunbers. 



Thus , a project, on which I had worked withr intensive effort 

 an entire life-span, and, to which I have devoted ny entire f^ee tine 

 wj th ea-^er oonsequerce, and on which I spent considerable sums of 

 noneyy has prone the way of all flesh already before ny death.. The 

 onlyvthing, which calms and consoles ne is, that I could bring: to 

 execution ny resolve, na de lon^r a^ro, that, if I had to deispose of 

 the collection, I would- give it to a public Institution.. Thus, the 

 still existing collection of Agavae is destined f or the local Garden, 

 if I should be foroed to get nid of it. 



My condition is ^ow considerably iraproved , since I had in 5/^ 

 years ( 15 raonths ? E.D . ) 3 Operations and was this simmer 7 füll) 

 weeks in Walsingen. The Wilddach Bath (I an not sure of this, E.D..) 

 took the alcalin. , content out of the urine» so that I have hope, 

 that I must not fear any nore for stone formation.. 



Should you on the other side of the ocean not also have a source 

 of water like Wilddage, then send blatten sufferers there, and bet 100 

 to 1 , that thev will be either healed connletely .or, at least sifni - 

 ficantly improved. . The Doctor there, Dr. Stoeser. 



Now enough of ne and ny Situation amd to the answering of your 



letter of the 13th of last north. 



1. Publioations concerning ray opus about Agavae, Garden and. 

 Flower News of Hanburg 



( see original letter for page nunbers.) 

 Further in the annals of the Schlesische Gesellschaft für vaterlän- 

 dische Kultur (Silesian Society for patriotic culture) • Postscripts 

 to ny opus in the annals of 1867 and 1868. 



That this, ny effort is not entirely worthless, I gladly adnitr. 

 But, the no^e I take it into ny hands, I see the the pupil-like, 



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