2 Poselaer 1.31.1871 



gets to f Tower prof usely. — - I look forward to the E. Simp - 

 sonii , and ask, to mail them in time, that they will arrive here 

 toward the middle of April; may-be you can add a few other plant s 

 or seeds. My seedling fron the past year look goodj: C.Peoten Ab. 

 is about 3A" high, 8-9 cornered, with long.light, thin spines. 

 Were it not for the larrre cotyledons, it could be easily nista - 

 ken for small plant s of C. gjganteus ( this one may be very close- 

 ly related).. C. Thurberi is shiny green with red spines, 7-8 cor - 

 nered. C. Palnerl ' sharply 4 cornered, with white spine, pointing 

 down.wa.rd, 2-3 small black ones pointing upward . 



Your C. lonsrlsetus raust be o^e o^ the most beautiful cerei, 

 and would be most desirable, if it could be propagated and kept 

 alive. By the way, aren* t there any cactus lovers in the U.S.., 

 who own collections ? c And, could you not give me the names of such 

 amateurs with whom I could. establish connections for exchange I 

 If no other way exists, I an always prepared, to buy for cash. It 

 is a matter of course, that if you should wish to receive live 

 cacti, I an always prepared to send you any t hing desired.. 



A Strange coincidence provided, that Dr. Weber explored exaat- 



ly the sane areas of Mexico, which I travelled through 16 years? 



earlier, It is further surpr Ising, that the Impressions, which 



much 



he received of the cactus family in general, coincid e Vith my own, 

 as I had them then. Thus, he too wants to reduce the nuraber of 

 species mightilyy as I wanted it then; he clearly enunciated, that 

 all stenogonae belonged to one species t Even, if he may have 

 gone too far in. this-, no plant family seems to me more appropri- 

 ate, to study the Darwinian theory of "deflection of species** 

 than the cacti. . 



He too wanted to separate the Coryphantae f rom the Hanl - 



lariae 



