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I would love, if you could dry flowers of all Agavae, which are aval- 

 table to you; End that in 3 starres - when they just open and the sta- 

 mens just push through — then, when the pistil is still shorter than 

 the staraens - finally, when the pistil has obtained its füll length. 

 Last, the flowers are heinr, cut onen on one side and nressed (not 

 too stronrrly) -rb e ^ onen. As said, I ir.tend to publizise the flowers 

 °f A. Shawii in. their developnent stages. The drawings have been na.de» 

 With this Asrave the flowers were f illed with a sweetish liquid almost 

 to the rim. Please observe, if this is the case with others ! 



I send the little case today, in which a few other items will be 

 enclosed. Some are entirely new itens for Europe and I hope, they will 

 arrive well, and that your friend will try to multiply and snread the 

 plants, so that they nay become general propertyv 

 Teil ine soon of their happy arr i val i Your 



G. Engelmanrr 



St. Louis May 11,1 877 



All drawinscs and photopcraphs se^t to ne you receive back here- 

 with. 



( translated fron German script by Edrar Denison, Feb. 1988) 



