dry out very easily, and I find it best, to lay them or top of sand, 

 where they set roots; if one stlcks them into sand, they mostly rot. 

 And then, you will enjoy a Kam » ml er ome r 1 s , wh 1 c h I reeeived from West 

 x exas. You wlll|find several others in the little case. All plant s are 

 labelled and a Ii st lie s in the case. 



Now about the illustrations and notes you sent. Yes, E'. c.alifor - 

 nicus is dif^erent from any other see^ by me ; I doubt, that it 1s 

 from California. As you. remark correctly, it seems to stand most close- 



to Snoryi , o^ wMch I have also only incomplete material. . A freolo- 

 gist, who traversed Lower California, brought me notes and a few spines 

 of cacti there; one of them . %i attributed to Emoryi , which could how - 

 ever be this one. The material is too incomplete to pub0ish any t hing, 

 if one does not want to act llke Scheer and Seeman* s Bot. Herald, 

 which I own. The~e are 2 spine-bundles with the pattern shown alongsidf 



the f irst, with few spines, my witness 

 found rarely,only on a mountain; the 

 second, however,all throucrh the pen- 

 in sula, ever y where. It has about 11 

 strong rim- spines, the lowest of the 4 

 raiddle ones is very strong and colored. 

 Flowers reddish, the plant to 5 feet tall; has oval, scaly fruit. 

 Brou.prht only one spine-bu/^dle. 



It is mean, if one has such, poor material ! E. Fottsil is totally 

 u^l^o^m to me, thouprh I had one from Wl slizenus collection f^om Chihua- 

 hua, which I believed to be it, which, however, did not live long, Sad , 

 sad, that these plants do not get better care, the more so am I thak- 

 ful to you for the dried flowers , which I will analyze as soon as I 

 find tlme. 



1 do own Lemoine, Cact . nov gen & spec, but not Mono. Ca t. Is 



this just a gatalog or does it have descrlptions ? nor the works of 

 L. with illustrations. 



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