Weber Alb. Fr. 



Ree. Sept 20 

 Ans. April 6 1882 



Vincennes, July6, 1881 



My very honored and very dear colleague, 



It is today that I reeeived your letter dated from Empire City the 18th of August. The package contains 5 

 small Echinocactus Simpsoni perfectly preserved and some seeds from the same species. To prove to 

 you the pleasure I had from your shipment and the pleasure I will have of all your future shipments, I do 

 not want to wait a Single day to acknowledge their receipt and to thank you. 



The Echinocereus Simpsoni, were planted immediately in a mixture of heather and gravel, and because 

 their roots were in good condition I hope they will prosper and become well aeclimatized. The majority 

 of the samples that I have seen until now did not live long in our collections; I hope I will have better 

 luck this time. 



These shipments by mail are made with the greatest of ease, and I suggest you use this method to send 

 me samples of your species. I am convinced that your Opuntia cylindrica are flat, will tolerate the 

 transport in small boxes made of wood or metal. Everything you send me will be welcome. I am always 

 trying to propagate the Cylindropuntia around here to make them known. 



I am happy that I have finally found the real name of the small Opuntia that you sent me four years ago 

 with the name of Opuntia Bigeloviil. They live very well here, specially in Belleville at Dr. Martel's, 

 but until the present, remain small. I grafted it on the Opuntia cylindrica to produce shoots. I have not 

 told anyone yet as I did not want to propagate an incorrect name. Now I am going to announce it under 

 the name Opuntia fulgida, as you told me to do. Whenever you want a sample, there will be one at 

 your disposal. I do not know the real Opuntia Bigelovii and it would be great to reeeive one together the 

 with others. 



I have known for a long time that your Pereskia subulata is an Opuntia. We have here a species 

 which is very similar but infinitely smaller; it is the Opuntia Verschafteli. I will send it to you 

 whenever you wish. But the small Opuntia Maihuen (Op. Poeppigii) from Chile are certainly the 

 Pereskia, as judged by their seeds which are similar to the Pereskia pumila from the Andes in 

 Linares., of which I wrote you in my last letter. They are curious miniatures. 



I continue to reeeive quite frequently seeds the dried flowers from the province of Catamarca 

 (Argentine Republic). It was there, and not in Mexico as you thought, where my correspondent 

 Mr. Schickendantz lived. With his aid I was able to establish the very rieh nomenclature, even if 



