Kreuznach, Sept. 27. 1869 



Honored Preind 



I assume you recelved a letter from August, but ,as I would 

 not exrect otherwise, were not able to ans wer in view of most urgent 

 family af fairs.- I myself was k weeks in England; 14 days with wife and 

 soTi,ne?Tn^e r im around , and 1^ days to study. Now I an here to say 

 good bye to my family, and will go tomorrow to Prankfurt a/M, ©c to- 

 ber 1 to Berlin^ on the 6th to Bremen, frora where I will ship out on 

 the 9th. If you should want to write to me, and I do not doubt your 

 willingness but the possibility. Addresses are: 



Frankfurt a/M Julius hngelmann 



Berlin Prof. A. Braun, Kochstr. 22 



Bremen Mr. J.CRust 



for the above mertioned days.. 



I have now hardly titae to do anytbins: eise, than to send you n;ree- 

 tinscs; only, I do send you a few cactus seeds obtained in England.. 



Cereus Martini is probably correct.but Cereus Napoleoni s I 

 believe is incorrect and hardly different from the first. Both showed 

 many sprouting seeds in. the fruits; the seedlings were qu.it e green 

 a^d had rrrown considerably. 



The most interesting item I found was a head of the same Cereus 

 or Pilooereus niger (by-the-™ay withount any label or name and lo- 

 cality); the same as seen in Paris but with fruit t I also enclose 

 seeds; - you will be surprised about their size.- here too the two 

 heads, which I saw, are all around the same.. 



I further saw Pilocereus senilis ; a head of outsanding size, and 

 entire i not one-sided - another sraaller one only the backside.- In 

 both the flowers were entirelv similar to those in *aris, but no fruit. 



Thus,we are forced to battle for the knowledge of these plant s 

 from fran-mentary pieces. 



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