I will he very glad, to hear nore aboi.it Kc h « Ca 1 i f orni ou s ; I 



believe to know just about all the cacti our California, but it 



may cone from the California peninsula, which, as I know fron Gabb, 



contains still undescribed treasures of cacti. I will be very glad 



to reoeive also fruits and spine-bundles and a real descriptlon f 



authority for 



and I will be mich obliged to you. How does it stand withfthe angle 

 of the perianth ? I t^is known, what gross ni stake s are being made 

 by travelling collectore and seed-merohants, 



No, I do not possess the works of Lemoine; he had promised them 

 to me if I would send hin nine. This I did, but he excused hinseif, 

 that his were not to be had. That I diH not answer hin and that I 

 do not maintain a good memory of him, is natural, but, that he pe- 

 rished so rat serably , makes rae sotjfry ; I did not know it. 



Don 1 1 you dry flowerlng cacti, which you examlne ? Drawin.fr s are 

 very good - but dried specinens often prövlde details, which one 

 did not observe in drawing« 



Your remarks about the pre-opening of the Cereus flowers may be 

 correct. By the way, I found :with all our Cereus, which I see 



flowerlng, also with spinosi ssinus , this statement verified. Thahk 

 you for bringing it to my attention, I shall watch for it at the 

 rare opportunity, which we have here - you too, please, do the sane. 



Now, if 0. f rutecens makes an excention to the day-bloomlng Opun- 



tias,then thst is just an exceptlon; which must certalnly be confir- 



med- it does not eliminate the fact, that, as far as I know, all 



other Opuntias open only durlng the noon-hour and fully open only 



in direct sunlight. 



All remarks and corrections will as ever be most welcome« 



I was most interested to hear, that you too have been occupied 



with the study of Agavae. I find, that ny snall dissertation has 



raised much interest,and I received response s fron Belgium and spe- 

 cially fron England frquently. The group with the conpressed, 



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