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erroneously wrote that Yucc a angustifolia can survive 16 degrees below zero Reaumier 

 here. It should have been 10 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. So far we have not had 

 it colder than that. 



In the card-board box you will also find a specimen of the wild black currant 

 from Concho, with good roots. T hope that this will grow at your place so that you 

 can convince yourself if it is the well-known decorative shrub Pibesaurea or not. 

 On the upper Concho and tributaries (Good Spring Creek, Dovecreek, etc.) this plant 

 Covers whole acres to the exclusion of all other Vegetation. The berries mostly 

 hang singly, not in grape form and are said to have the familiär spicy taste of the 

 tarne black English currant. 



On a trip to San Cibolo (between New Braunfels and San Antonio) Lindheimer has 

 already years ago called my attention to Prunus minutiflora . However I cannot 

 remember if he spoke of the edibility of the fruits. The plum which grows here 

 blooms unusually early, but does not freeze, and is almost always covered with fruit, 

 which actually tastes sweet aromatic and pleasant. I hope that your small plant will 

 grow, - if not I will later on send you some of the here implanted (grafted) wild ones, 

 when they have sprouted new roots. Recently I obtained a bush, 3-3 1/2 feet high, 

 which still appeared stunted as if it could not carry a crown. 



Unfortunately I forgot to enclose leaves of the Agave , which I recently received 

 from N ueces, temporarily until I can send the plant 'itself, which is to be brought 

 back into life. According to the description in your "Notes on Agave" I must assume 

 that it really is A. heteracantha , the Le chuguilla of the Mexicans, notwithstanding 

 I cannot find a thick rootstock on it. pg. 19 Notes on Agave "Trunk k to 6 inches 

 high", but perhaps my specimens are still too young. 



Tomorrow I will send some Agave leaves by mail and at the same time some pods of 



a yellow blooming half evergreen which is not often seen in gardens 



here and does not grow wild in Texas. Perhaps it is familiär to you. If there is a 



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