73 South Row Kensal New Town 

 London, Jan. 22, l8?2 



Dear and honored Doctor, 



I am sorry that it has not been possible for me to complete the letter to 

 you, which I started on the 17th. inst, in Paris. Since two days I am again here 

 in London and before all I want to express my heartiest thanks to you for the many 

 plants and seeds which you sent to me during the past Spring, and which I received 

 from H. Kew at that time. Of the larger Echinocactus Simpsonii I did not bring any 

 through, because all of them were consumed by large worms, which are similarto the 

 larva (grubs) which form the June bugs. All of these worms were still alive. The 

 smaller plants have rooted nicely and grew nicely. One of these Echinocactus plants 

 I grafted on a Cereus, which even grew faster than the others, by chance I also had a 

 grafted Echinocactus Smithii and Dr. Weber and Mr. Cels placed them with each other 

 and we have almost reached the conclusion that between the grafted E. Simpsonii and 

 E. Smithii , Mülenpf, there is no difference. E. Haynii , Otto is also very close to 

 the Smithii . The rest of the plants which you kindly sent to me, I have maintained 

 well. The Opuntia Raff ine sguiuna I will leave in the open country next winter. The 

 seeds give me much pleasure, all of them germinated quite well and the young plants 

 are exceedingly beautiful. Particularly beautiful and much is at hand of Echinocactus 

 cylindraceus . Cereus giganteus did not turn out as well, I only brought through 3 

 plants. Likewise E. Johnsonii also only 3 small plants, the remaining kinds however 

 all quite abundant. Mamillaria phellosperma has not yet germinated, the seeds still 

 lie fresh and preserved in the soil, perhaps they will not germinate until next Spring. 

 Of all the seeds which you kindly sent I have given some to Dr. Weber, and on occasion 

 also sent some to Mr. Seitz in Prag. Somewhat later I will give you an exact report 

 regarding the flourishing of the plants and seeds which you have sent to me. 

 Schinopsis rhodacantha , Salm has produced seed for me. In my next letter I will send 

 you some seeds for your collection. I do not have the seed here, otherwise I would 

 have enclosed it today. 



Monsieur Guedeney in Vesinet has preserved his collection, when he fled from 

 Vesinet before the Prussians advanced, he left it with a workman in the house, who 



takes care of the Also there was no shortage of wood in this area. 



Dr. Weber came when I was in Paris for 14 days the end of June and w«5s very happy 

 to find everything so well preserved at my place. He was not, as one believed, in 

 Versailles during the Civil war, but in the Hotel des Invalides. Fortunately he 

 did not suffer in the least. At that time in June I told Dr. Weber that I would 

 write to you in a few days and he said that he also would write to you. The few 



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