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almost ear-like ^$$W7V\ . inte^ests ne much; w^q hardly krown to me; 

 My A. Newbergi seens to belong to this. Be sure, to have a photograph 

 made of every f lo^erir.g agave.wMob ca^ be put with the drawing. The 

 Inf lorescense of Verschaff eltli will also be quite intere sting , as 

 will dried flowers of it. Are no attempts of pollination • made ? 



When the stigraa opens, 2-4 days after the onening of the anthers, 



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and exudes a large drop.then is the right tine. In this Juice the 



pollen tube develops very well, as I have seen often and still to - 



day with the microsoope • 



We have just now Agave Shawij in flower. I na de drawing s of the 



flower and the various steps of developme^t ; - Fron the ovaries to the 



tip of the pistil they are more than 6 H long when fully developed. 



önly on the 4th day ocours the füll de^elopnent of the Stigma and, 



thus the possibility for fertilization; at least with this plant and 



at this tine of the year. 



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Hanging ears ( irf lo^escenses) of Agavae I have also seen in 

 Berlin, Dried flowers of Agavae and descriptions will always be most 

 welcome» alt hough they change in drying even more then flowers of cac- 

 ti. . 



Has this Agave consideranti (species nane illegible.fc. D. ) been 

 described f ' Then the english nane would oome too late. Publication 

 with. description in a scientific opus, Journal , etc. secures priority. 

 Publication in catalogues does not work. Is it really an Agave ? 

 Are the flowers kno T *rn ? What you teil ne ab out Lecfyuguilla is quite 

 interesting a^d I will not fall to look ^or Information. Anole is 

 also na de fron Yucca species and I doubt if Saponlt) is really in- 

 volved. Research ab out our Yucca had a nege tive result , and your per- 

 centage of 51$ saponin is, as I think, just about imposfeible. My 

 examinations show only slimy material in Yucca . - Yuccas are also 

 bei ng used that way by our negroes in. the South. 



