Wien, July 17, I869 



My d.aer doctor Weber 



I wrote you on June ? fron Berlin, hoplng to find a reply 

 at Seitz and Prag, but in. vain. Thus, I was in Praß-, an now in Wien, 

 a^d want to teil you ab out my travel experien.ee s» 



In the earlxer letter I nade you proposals for the Classi- 

 fication o^ the Mamillaria, so that mtcroneris be taken care of pro- 

 pe^ly: in its own slot rext to Corynhanta . I talked to you about Dr. 

 Poselger. Unf ortunately, bis garden is poorly situated.ard air and 

 li^ht are bei ng constantly nore restricted through building, so that 



his plants do not look good. He is thinking of moving. But, I find in 



German 



Poselger the nost intelligent ,nost scientific, nost caref ul j Kroger of 

 cacti since the old. Baumann died here in Vienna 2 weeks ago; sa&ky ~\ 

 I did not raeet asrain this honest, ambitious , never-tiring man. 



In Prag I found the neonle possessed by a fi^ry zeal, very pleet- 

 sing and benef icial.but without correspo^di^pr scientific education 

 and scientific sense. In the first line Stands Seitz a^d >esir»es hin 

 Hanke. Both have fine collection plants. they sow, n*raf t and hybrid! ze 

 with nuch e^thusiasm and aecomplish nuch. With super vis Ion and advice 

 Seitz will probably get sonewhere, and I have nade a eonsiderable ef- 

 f ort t which hopefully will bear fruit. 



Seitz teils me, that he did not reeeive an answer to 3 letters to 

 you; in. one he indicates to have offe^ed you bohenian pheasants,as - 

 king, where he should send them. I remember, that you coraplained , that 

 he did not answerj I alnost believe,that the letters were lost and 

 that I had the same experience. How can this be. He did not know , 

 that you were in Paris, and, I believe, erröte to Auxenne. 



I had sent him of your seeds and he had reeeived mo^e from you* 

 The seeds germinated well; and he also grew sone of my Arizona seeds. 



But, what he nentions as conneetions in western North America , 

 does not seen to be worth nuch. I did see letters mailed to him from 



