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has bee^ issued.Our small collect! on of cacti is part of the great 

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losses, which sustained' in the past year through hail; in the be- 

 ginning the plants dir? not show any special • - - through the 



man yd anales, by and by the consequences of t v ^em appear irresistdtolyj 

 but I am not sure# if not several causes are involved .The majori ty 

 of these cacti, even those, which were hardly damaged by the hail,, 

 show namely brown spots, which at times are restricted to individuall 

 instances, and, at times, have a large expansion. They are caused by 

 fungi, which will kill the plants and will probably cause great de - 

 vastation, . It is interesting, that this fungus was first observed af- 

 ter the hail', and that in other places nothing has been known aboutfc 

 this sickness of cacti..*- Senke too lost raany oustanding specimens, 

 but he understands the propagation> of these plants quite wekt, and I 

 believe, that he will have the losses replaced and f orgotten f( verba- 

 tim: will have no pain any more, Z.D. ) • The brown spots appear also 

 on his specimens, but he does not consider thera as signs of sickness, 

 as he is afraiA, that otherwise nobody would buy any from. hinu 



Now, I wish much, that for you the desirabillty and necessity of 

 a conciliation between the thoughts of the North and. South' appear,. 

 and that you would soon be freed from the upheavals and suffering of 

 the war , which can not bring advantage to anybodyy, 



My wife adds the heartiest greetings to you and. your wife and 

 your son, Your most devot ed G. Metteniu» 



I do not know, if you received any news since my last letteir fron 



Braum He lived theirwith his entire family irr H'eringsdorf near Wirme- 

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munde, a sea spa to recover from a severe jolt received 7 this Summer. 

 Ernst, who had gone to G'ottingeir after serving his year in the army 

 (see note below, E.D. ) died there on June 8 from a ehest disease 

 of a most rapid development, which proved to be tuberculosis, after 

 being bedfast for only two weeks. He may have carried a widespread 



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