Shortly I hope, with the acclimating of cactus scarcely beginning, to bring 

 the cactus hobby for plant s in the open, into a new, healthy and more practical 

 Channel (about which here, until I broke the ice) no one would dare think about) 

 as the cactus hobby in the years of 1820 to 1830, which has remained hanging in 

 the minds of the people of all classes, and also mine. Since I believe that ray 

 0£. serpentina is the one from Diego, I still hope for a whole number of additional 

 varieties which are hardy here; furthermore I want to try Og. angustata , which 

 shares with Ojo. brachyarthra the inscription rock by June as its home; when I 

 consider fertilizing your 0. angustata illustration, how astonished I was to 

 receive from the gardener a small part wide and 2/1/2" long, thin and delicate 



in a rniniature pot, - the thorns were correspondingly poor; grafted it grows so 

 hardy that one does no longer recognize it. Furthermore I also received Qp. Poppigi , 

 bicolor, arizoni , vaginata , decumbens , cymochila , and sever/oihers . 



But I do not want to bore you long with such details. Last winter was not very 

 cold (14-15 R) but much wetter ahd very long* I lost many other plants (several 

 Tritoma Burchelli ) which had never suffered in 6 years. This year's summer was 

 cold for a long time, but my lime-tuff stones and good fertilizer overcame this 

 disadvantage. Snails, the dread of some gardeners do very little damage, because 

 the lime-stones and the luxuriant plants appear to appeal less to their taste. 

 Finally I would like to get back to my trial shipment (franking and without value 

 declaration) . Besides Ojj. leptocaulis , 0. serptina with old and new shoDt 

 is wrapped in white paper; furthermore I took the liberty of inclu, irr 

 Qpuntia from the state of Kansas and indeed 1 old and young leaf and 1 gray-violet 

 appearing 1878-79 ripe fruit; this Ojd. has been here for about 7 years, almost 

 wilder than Raff in: has much larger , paler, in the throat brown-red flowers and 

 an entirely different habit than Raff, which here blooms only high lemon-yellow 

 inside and outside and produces purple-red, marvellous tasting fruits. Or 

 should it nevertheless be a variety of 0£. Raff ; the 2 leaves and fruit are 

 without paper in the small box. 



Please pardon my long letter, but I still knew much, because when writing 

 to you, your splendid works and my cactus mounds always hover before me. I would 

 be very happy if you would permit me to be of Service to you in any way. 



In highest esteem, I am 



Your devoted, 

 Adolf Reihlen. 



P.S. A grower from Louisiana told me, small cut with cold with cold water extracted 



