The senilis specimen in Berlin has the tuft out open sideways, just 

 like the one in. Paris, and probably cut out the rlbs,which have no tufts 

 Dr. Pos. is entirely postitive about the one-sidedness of the tuft« 



What now is characte^istic about Pilooereus ? Certainly not the 

 tuft.certainly not the wool f theref or thk narae is to be rejected. We 

 spoke already about the variability of the forra.which you brought along 

 and which I f ound in the Paris museunw 



Hb. Gebens vlrens flowers near the top, 2-5 inohe5|hway f^on it, 

 arisin.fr ^rom old areoles. When you get the opportunity, do work on the 

 raexican cactijyou will find time enough for this; then you. will be able 

 to discuss these questions better. Without sufficient time for studies 

 I would not even undertake it. 



I ship out from Bremen on Oc tober 9 and go still to England« A let- 

 terjfrom the first T *eek of September, addressed to Dr . J. D. Hooker, Kew 

 Gaardens , Londonjkill get to me there« Otherwise,my address is Teacher 

 Julius Engelnann. Frankfurt a/M 



Tour G. Engelnann 



Note on side of V9.fr e 2: Ce^eus virens ard Onuntia grandis could be had. 

 fron the Bota^ioal Card er here; note for Pfar^sdorff. 



(translated fron German script by Edrar Denison, Feto. 19$8) 



