St, Louis, Mo. Nov. 14, 1883 



Bear Doctor Weber 



I must give you a sign of Life and teil you., that, since 

 I lef t Europe I feel inne^.sely better, possibly throuprh rest and kind 

 care frora ny sisters in Kreuznach. Less pressure in clinbing or fast 

 Walking, though not normal, nevertheless rauch better, 



I send you a reprint of ( or copy, E.D.) of Guerdeney* s 

 Chronicle about Peistesona Opuntia subulata , and wrapped mithin a f ew 

 seed-cor^s of it, as promised» 



Also, you receive seeds of the A^ave braotiosa Watson with 

 descriptlon. I found the seeds in Cambridge Mass, ripening, while I 

 staved there a few weeks after ny return fron Europe, bef ore retur - 

 ning to St. Louis; the plant had fl owered the second tine - but nro- 

 bably another on.e, thar. the or®,whioh f lo^e^ed 2 vears a^o, because I 

 think, I was told, that it had died. 



I also send sonethin^ about A. Victoria Reg .like A»bractiosa 

 which, I believe, you have not seen yet; these 3 leaves in a wrapper. 



Where is Cereus nartini , which exists in many collections, 

 and who'se fruits I have in front of me , described ? and fron whom ? 

 I find a note, that it was named thus by Haage and Schnitt in 1866. 

 It mav cone fron the West-indies ,and judpring by the seeds, seens re- 

 lated, to nantagc^u s , erionhorus and sinilar o>^es. It is a real pity, 

 that I could not Visit with you some large cactus collections. Who 

 krows, pe^haps ^ext year.?? 



Could you. not senH me half a blossen of Man, senili s ? I would 

 like to e Tan ine it very rauch rayseif ^or the apneara^ce of the outer 

 stamens. If I did see correctly, they do not form a real Corona but 

 are .errown on in prnadati on; the inner ones do f orra a true faseieulus. 

 My Anrave virginica f 1 owere^ in ny absen.ee in ny Warden a^d ri- 



pened fruit. I send the seeds. 



And, now, today only this hasty greeting in the hope you will 



