St. Louis, Mo.. April k 9 1880 



Dear Dr. Weber 



Your last letter I received at the beginning of 18?8 and 

 answered during the Summer of 1879. I was then in a sadr mental and. 

 health State, but I do not know, if ray letter came into your hands, 

 as I hear now frora Strassburg that you are not any nore in Lyons, 



These lines are sunnosed to be a query, a nrobe of your 

 life and doing,a^d, specially about your inte^est in our favorite 

 plant s and your Studie s of them. 



My own efforts häve made little progress since the long 

 interruption in our correspond.en.ee, but I carry still materals and 

 observations together. Thus, I received now fruit s of the Yu.cc a 

 (Palma) ,wh ich is so abundand near San Luis, which I off er you glad- 

 ly as well as an Agave fron there. Here, witb us, an Agave Parryi 

 f lowered of which I had made a photograph. And now I reeeive young 

 plants of the A^ave Victoriae Reglnae fron Honterey, to which you 1 

 directed my attention first. Fruits and other material are promlsed 

 me shortly g as well as a large t fl owering plant, 



I f urthe-r wonld like to know how you feel and to reconnect 

 as much as nossible out? scientific oonnection, Let me hear soon fron 

 you 



Hearty greetings, Your G. Engelmann 



(translated from German script by Edgar Denison. Feb. 1988 ) 



