Berlin, October 19,1870 



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Most honored Priend I 



Ton warraly pleased ne this Spring through a friendly letter ( of 



April 15) and the enelosed seeds of 3 cerei, and I express ray hearti- 



est thanks. However, the seeds did not germinate Hell, but I posess 



several seedlings of all 3 sowingsw The best Gemination was C.Thn-r- 



of 



beri, less good were C> Palneri and/C. Pesten Aborlglnorura appeared 



only 2 plantlets. This latter is the raost Gurions: the cotyledons 



are so large and fleshy as with Opuntae , and the plant itself st out 



and strong, and, as far as can be judVed bo now, similar to Cri^, 



teus. Very pretty is C. Palneri : dark grey-green with white, nro - 



truding spines. I an a very poor draf tsnan,but will try to draw for 



you on an enelosed sheet the C. Pesten Abor, . 



Our good friend Haseloff unf ortunately passed away already in 



Pebruary after a severe sickness. Kis collection does still exist, 



but has been reduced severely. Of the plants formerly provlded by 



you I could find only a snall leaved opuntia fron Utah, I believe 



0£, Utahensis, which I took and which thrlves oppulently, and which 



can readily be divlded, 



As the cacti would not florish in ny small gar den surrounded 



by high bulldings, I decided, to have then taken care of by a garde- 



ner friendjon the Hahnerheide (cock's heath, E.D.). The change, which 



occured to ny cacti in this open, airy, sonny garden is truly surpri - 



sing astonlshing. They developed nio-hty spines and flowers, a>-d 



never have I seen ny collection so handsome OS this Fall. The 



Echinocerei too developed raagnif ioently; the most beautifpl of these 



renains your C. viridiflorus ( formerly called by us Cereus new 



Encrelnj,) with it's shiny Freen surface and the red-vlolet croxml 



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