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specimen from the seeds that I sent him. The KL lateralis and Cer. candelabra were the 

 only ones that did not make it. 



On returning to France I still have a good quantity of seeds and do not know to whom I 

 will give Aem. At the Umversal Exposition of Paris I saw the Cact. eolleetion of Mr 

 Pfersdorff, horteultunst in Paris, this eolleetion made me want to see his plants at his 

 greenhouse^In hm I found a fanatic amateur, who was nearly ecstatic when I talked to 



then^S l rant, xf at 1 ^ br ° Ugbt h ° me - He lmm ^tely wanted to eome andsee 

 ftem in Strasbourg. There, I gave him seeds of all the specimen that I had with me. One 

 month ago, dunng a Visit to Paris, I saw that the majority of the seeds had pretty l.ttle 



AU of these are at your disposal whenever you want them: I imagine that you have a 

 eolleetion and I will send you anything you want, weather it be plants or seeds 

 From your s,de I would be happy if you could send me samples of new species that you 

 have desenbed and that we do not have in Europe at least not in France. Naturally I 

 speak of small plants. For example a sample or the seeds of Anhalonium fissuratum 

 would give me great pleasure; also the Mamillaria micromens, lasiacantha,etc Cer 

 bcnottn, Cer. etenoides and in general all the Echinocereus 

 Have you been able to grow the seeds that I sent you from Matamoros? I would be 

 cunous to know. Among them there are three species that did not grow here- Pil 

 aterahs, Cer. Candelabra and Cer. Tetejo ( of the latter I have only one plant) ' 

 I have to also add that among the seeds that I sent you the name has to be changed on 

 Ae Cer. Dumort^om to Chmtilla; the name of Echinocereus rinconensis to lophothele 

 The names of Mamillana robustispina and glabrata are questionable. The first should be 

 Saltillensis of Poselger and the second is probably new 



The following i s the list of seeds raised by Mr. Pfersdorffand of which I will be able to 

 send you samples next spring or summer: 



Anhalonium prismaticum, elongatum, sulcatum 



Mamillaria macromeris, Ottonis, scolymoides from Pachuca, scolymoides salinensis 

 cornifera, conoidea, chlorostigma (new species from the Rio Grande, Aulacothele of 

 small drmens.ons, very small flowers, with eiliate sepals and petals of a white purpuric 

 color, green sügmata), robustispina Saltillensis, Leona (Postelger), glabrata? from La 

 Rinconada, Haagiana, uncinata, calipana spinocarnea, Karstanil (Poselger) etc 

 Echinocactus spiralis, longinatus, capricornis, ingens, flovorivens, pilosus Schurii 

 cornyerus electracanthus, var. tetracanthus, lophothele, stenogonus, var. bicolor ' 

 honzonthalonius , texensis, hexaidrophorus 4 varieties 



Cereus stramineus (from Saltillo), pugioniferus, Chiotilla, edulissimus, Babosso 

 £brTofsllmT reterenSiS ( SPCCieS f ° Und m Queretar ° and Simi1ar t0 the co,umnris 

 umiTat SSenir 13 ' Card ° na ' CamUCSSa ' Toconostle > fulvispina, rastrera, microdasyr, 

 The Opuntia Scholtii did not grow. 



Weber, Alb. 



Translated Manfred Thurmann 



