Weber, F. 



Received June 12th 



Engelmann Botanical notebook 14 

 Folder . 



Rouen, May 29, 1 883 



My dear and honored colleague, 



I have recently received your letter from the 13th of this month and want to answer 

 you today hoping that this letter will get to you before you depart for Europe. 



Before anything I want to express the immense pleasure that I will have in seeing 

 you again. If you would not be able to see me at Rouen, which is somewhat far, I will 

 make the effort to find you wherever you may be. If you come to Paris it will be very easy 

 as I go there frequently. However I will gladly go even further to meet you. Please teil me 

 of your projected itinerary, so that we can get together. I would be desolate if you would 

 come to Europe and I would not be able to meet you and spend some days in you 

 Company. 



Even if I am not a very reliable correspondent you can always be sure of my 

 veneration without limits as well as my friendship. You may count on my absolute 

 devotedness. 



I also must teil you what joy I had knowing about your voyage to Europe. I will be 

 very happy to personally discuss with you a multitude of questions that have been the 

 object of our common studies and in which you are my venerable master and I have the 

 honor of being your Student. I take you as my guide. 



I hope that as soon as you arrive in Europe you will let me know your address so 

 that I can write you regularly and we can plan for a meeting place. I thank you for the 

 seeds you sent me in your letter. They will be placed in the most capable hands, like I 

 have done with everything you have sent me. 



The Cereus gummosus from your previous envoy was seeded and has already 

 germinated. I also want to inform you that the Cereus acanthocarpus (seed from Parry 

 ongmated in San Luis Potosi), germinated very well last year and is growing perfectly. 

 The Opuntia clavata that you sent alive in the mail is magnificent! And this year will 

 multiply itself. This will allow us to see this beautiml species unknown until now in our 

 collection. 



When I have the pleasure of seeing you I will submit to you all the documents that I 

 poses on the Mammillaria senilis, description of the flowers, photographs of the 

 flowering plante, dissected flowers, etc. You will see that it is a very unique species, in its 

 class as the singular Mammillaria micromeris. You will see the dissected flowers cut in 



