Eec. April 2 ,1859 

 Ans. May 12 



Leipzig March 17,1859 



Most honored Friend ! 



I had found out already past Fall, when I visited the 

 assembly of naturalists, that you and family arrived Hell at hone, 

 but was the more delighted, to receive now a sign of life from you, 

 and to learn that your collect ions arrived: in f ine shape.-, and that 

 you find time besides the just accepted duties of the professiow 

 to actively participate in. the Installation of the Hort. ( hortus, B. D. ) 

 missouriensis (Missouri Botanical Garden, E.D. ). Your enclosure for 

 Geitner, contains the remark, that only streng speeimen» should 



he sent, which can survive the Ion?? transport, will immediately be ta- 

 ken care of and I have already reeeived an answer, that with this irr 

 mind a shipment will leave as soon as possible. This can of course 

 not occur until the secondt half of April, or even the beginnlng of 

 Mayv when there is no more frost;Otherwise the shipment could be da- 

 magedr prior to the sailing fron Bremen. It nay get to you probably 

 in 4 weeks. 



Gutner is among the trade speopl e, one of the few.who cultivate 

 predominantlyvsolentifioally interesting plants and who nake an ef- 

 fort to distribute only properly -classif ied plants; Exclusive of ra- 

 ritles< one can count on good speeimens at reasonable pricesv His 

 establishment is J hour fron Zwickau (a city in Saxony, E.D..) N irame- 

 diately above a bUrning layer of coal (also called "pit-eoal" E.D. ) ; 

 the rising heat is condueted through chanels through the greenhouses, 

 Victoria basin and are bein.0: heated all through the year. Plants 

 which do not tolerate such high temperatures, appear incomparably 

 beautiful at Geitner, who will have sent you a new catalogue. 



I, myself t , am still indebted to you for the marveleous ship - 

 ment of niss. (Missouri ? E.D.) and other Planta, for which I have not 

 thanked you on ao count of the . All are of highest interest- 



