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You ask about the Opuntia, which I sent you as O. Bigelonll . 

 I eultivated it several years; it remalned, just as wlth you, sträng- 

 ly sraall, thin and bushy; now, I have lost it» It was nok, or, rather, 

 is not Blgelonli but rather 0. fuUlda .the larget (12 -15 foot high) 

 an d tree-like,carryinsr a lar^e erown fron Arizona with f leshy, rnostly 

 prolif erating fruit. One o^ these fruit s grew for me and from that 

 came the speciraens« But, it remains a mystery f why they renai.n so mi- 

 serable. Would they develop bette^ by grafting ? 



I also found a. few new Cylindropuntlas ,but have not yet descri- 

 be^ them. 0. Whipple! , which I knew only as a low,northern shru|p, I 

 have seen now as a 8 foot hiprh sh^ub in the South of Arizona; 

 Blgelonli , correctly described and illustrated by me, I saw also in 

 the wild; one of the nost outstanding Speeles. I received fron Mexi- 

 co flowers and fruit s of tunicata and know now their entire history; 

 but you can f t believe what efforts and miseries I had to u^derrro,un- 

 til I got there, and sueoially patience. With those lazy Mexicans 

 one can't g*et anywhere, even when they are mich oblißring. Well, we 

 are constructing railroads, and right away several, into that country, 

 a^d in 1 or 2 years it will v e quickly accessiblej if only I would 

 not be too old then ! 



Wi th that I renember your Statements about mexican localities; 

 fron them, however, I can not find clarity. Where is really your Mr. 

 Schiebendanz , in. what city ? or in what direction a^d distance fron 

 a larsrer, known city ? 



You say, you naned the cactj such and such. Bid you describe 

 them and publish them ? This would he necessary, otherwise it re- 

 nains an unknown. , privare enterpri se. lost to science. 



Many thanks for your notes; I do not have the tine to analyze 

 them.... Opuntia Kleiniae has flowered in St. Louis and hasWose-red 

 f lowers; they are still in cu.lt i vation. I spoke about Op . Biarelon.il ; 



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