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there appeared recently a "concurrent" ( a second , E.D.) latirr 

 translation of the Cuscutae , which could Influenae V/ei Peel 1 to re - 

 duce his off er-, in case you are Willing at all to make use of it.. 

 Hut dispose of the reeeived money. Should I possibly obtain the 

 writings of Hiquel »Mestrus, Schleider about cacti, which Mr. Brenn 

 has let got there was up to now the antiquarian orno^tunity missing, 

 to obtain the Brenn- second hand. 



The catalogue of Yollen 1 s antiquariat I raailed at that time 

 und er wrapper^ postage paid; I have no second copy, hope however, to 

 he able in the near future to mail one fron a Berlin antique house. 

 Weigel has not published. a catalog so far this year». 



Of the cacti anateurs f wh.o asked for your publications, , Pag- 

 zani. in Vienna was the out stand inj? one and wants to he remenhereä f 

 he desires Ii Ving Cacti and seeds a^d is displeased about his pre - 

 ferred ccllearcue Haumann« I, therefore, sent hin in your name one of 



the . . ffJ??/?*. 7. Cereus giganteus f but all other itens, which: 



your lithographer brousrht along, were expedited, to the designated ad- 

 dresses. 



Now about the plant s. Today, in fact, I packed your ferns aftei* 

 f inishing their identif icatiorr ( besides the iudex of Eaton (?) and 

 the other labels) and will 1 transf er them tomorrow to Flügel for ship- 

 nent. The great majority of Speeles has bee^ determined with certain- 

 ty f , with sone I had doubts, which I will judge later, only very few 

 I did not name at all, because the material was not sufficient for 

 descriptions and nrelininary deternination of species. I was brought 

 to this hurried finish by a shipraent fron Dr. Ce-ton (??? E.D. ) f which- 

 contained prima rly north-araerican, euban ? venezuelan ferns and who 

 seems no st eager to get identif ications« 



Düring the Summer I had the entire collectiorr of 



fron Genf (Geneva ? E.D. ) f of Jto-sT (?) /? the Viennese Gerbun/^en, from 





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