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 that books, which are on band, shall be Hailed inmediately, and those», 

 whlcMn have to be obtained, be shipped in a second shipment; we could f! 

 then f pay perhaps one half of the araount of the order with the request», 

 the Test after the cost of the entire shipment has beer) deterained 

 after shipment has v een nade. Weigel,at least, will be entirely sa - 

 tisfied with such an arrangementt. 



Prof, E. Meyer 1 s library will be auctioned beginning October; 

 it is rieh in middle-age literature and Florence» You raay have the 

 cataloarue already», 



Your seed collection arrived some time ago but have not sprou- 

 ted at this hour; ny heartiest tha^ks for your efforts and shipment. 



The Pilices horti Lipiensis you find in a large and very thick 

 compartment (actualy ,f Fascikel ,f or Bündle, E.D. ) in the last case of 

 of the Richard 1 s he r bar i um; if I renember correctly, you lost the 

 inventory of the content s of the various cases,. 



Sturm in Nürnberg is occupied with Publishing a nomenclatur of 

 the f iliciae and proeeeds with screatest care in this Job; if it will 

 be of greater value tharrTh. Morie* s, is an open question, because the 

 indices of names are of little value, if credit is not given every 

 place. Besides, he tlfeated the ferns for the Flora brasiliensis with 

 exception of the Cyathe aceae and Polynodiaceae . Pic^Ires aecording 



to his method of the Gerrmn Flora he offers anybody for exchange, but 

 I nu st doubt;, that this would serve you well, 



The meeting, which was to be in Königsberg, has 



beer postpoued, and. thus our intent to ^ there, was aborted; Brenn 

 | u however will arrive here durlng the next days and is likely to spend 

 several weeks. Besides, we have fron Königsberg constantlyv good news, 

 and ny wife is also welll and asks ne to greet you and your entire fa~ 

 mily haertily. 



Your no st devot ed 



G. Mettenius 



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