St. Louis April 3, 1870 



Dear Mr. Pfarrsdorff 



It gives rae pleasure to be able to send to you the seeds 

 of 4 cacti fron Arizona and Sonora, which, I hope, will arrive well 

 and prosper. Two of then have been described by ne earlier but are 

 not in cultivation; the other two are new. I further enclose seeds- 

 of a probably new Yucca, which forms a high stem. 



Please have the kindness to give the enclosed leaf to Dr. 

 Weber and also a few prrains of the cactus seed for his seed collec- 

 tlon. I would write to him directly, but do not know if a letter 

 to his old address would sret to him. 



Hopefully, your young seedling will will grow well ! , but in 

 the present year I am not able to handle a small shipnent , that may 

 ha.p-pen next year. Is not Spring the best tirae for shipping ? 



My heartiest wishes for your own weif are and that of your 

 plantings. 



Your 



Dr. G. Engelmanr* 



Did you receive my ray Cactus publication, which I sent 

 to you past Summer through Buchanan in Strassburg ? 



(translated from German Script by Edgar Denison, Feb. 1988 ) 



