Ree, May 28 ,1863 

 Ans. July 1,1864 



Leipzig- April 21,1863 



Most honored Friend. t 



After your long silence I was glad to finally learn, thati you 

 surmounted the events of the times, and it was a real assurance to 

 hear at the same txrre, that the plant s-lost^ in the pastt, did finally 

 get to yotr < happilys becau s e I feared, that in the then turmoill the 

 case got elther lost, or, to use an exnression, which has become po- 

 pulär here, the case was "neutral! zed'V Otherwise I believe f , that the 

 time Inas come, that the often praised political sense of your country- 

 menr would take the lead, and tAorth and South arrange themselves peace- 

 fully, as best they can, 



Here all carries on; in the Garden the signs of the haill have 

 been coveredjap in so far as I had decided long ago what would perish" 

 and what could recover; however, we had specialis in the preceding 

 Spring- serious- floods, which also caused losses, so that I concentra- 

 ted first only on the land improvenents and shall/new plantings cm»- 

 "brac n^defafter their completiom- 



I warned at sone time Gel tner and Plenitz near Zwickau, to be 

 careful with shipnents to America; he is a nice man t who will do any- 

 thing to please you, and deserves praise» alnost the only comraerciaU 

 prar den er, who m.akes an effort, to get correct nan.es for his plants, 



T lo e cactus sickness has not met&Q progre s s/ei t her at Lenke nor 

 with us, but we want to wait first for the Summer to be certairr, that 

 it has come to an. end. Our collection suffered terribly through the 

 hail, and for this reason the enrichment of the garden througH you, 

 wa s m o s t - we leome«* 



Also, I am most grateful to you for the cones and seeds of 

 several conifers, and wish nothing more, then that you may achieve 

 complete material» to sift out the mass of Speeles appearing in re- 

 cent times«. 



