Ree. Feb 25» l8?l 

 Ans.. Aug * 3» 1875 



Berlin January 31,, 1871 



Most honored Priend J 



Through your son I reeeived; a letter fron you^on November 

 23 of last year, x^hich gave me much joy and for which I say thanks. 

 Unf ortunately, your letter brought also the sad news, that Dr. Weber 

 is supposed to have perished; in. the war; that would be in fact nost 

 regrettable, but may it be permitted to doubt the misf ortune until 

 it has been confirmed. This caused nie to look again at my Corres- 

 pondence with Dr. Weber, and I find, that he wrote to me last on 

 Feb. . 26, , I869 a very long letter (4| patres), nost interesting, in 

 which he by the way promised me seeds and plant Si I answered this 

 letter on March 25,1869 also very thofcoughly, and asked of ship - 

 ment of the nromises- as soon as possible. Instead, I reeeived some 

 nonths later- only an announcement of his enßragenent, and since I 

 have >^ot heard any more fron hin. I heard circumstantially, that 

 the TDoor Pf ersdorf f was supposed to be deportedi I think, he may 

 have gone to Londoir, where he owned a second establishnent , but his 

 valuable collection at St. Quon-has V^een/probably) lost beyond hope, 

 Tarobi had to retire at the outbreak of the war on aecount of sick- 

 ness, and was in. Berlin past Fall, to und ergo several times a stone 

 Operation; the Operation was successful, but he still suffers, lives 

 still in Posen, but considers to nove to Berlin this year., Seitz 

 writes rarelyy and is always occupied with his Chech affairs, and 

 is, I am sorry to say, rather- unreliable; I would not be surprised,, 

 if I would hear sone pretty day, that he has been jailed. That 

 Baunann in. Vienna is dead, you may have heard, his rieh collectioir 

 is destroyed and has been sold..- Pazzani lives still, has lively 

 interests, but is so old, that he cannot bother with his plants in 

 Winter-, thus every year many freeze i! Therefor, he has mostly 

 Echinocerei , which can take the cold the best, and which he 



