Rec'd March 22 

 Ans. April 27 



Strassbourg March 1880 



Most honored friend: 



Your letter just arrived after I the day before yesterday had received the 

 southern Cacti together with the Catalpa speriosa(sp?). I answeryou 

 immediately My assurance that I already for quite a while had planned to write 

 you will hardly be of much interest to you as it should be self-evident. Why it 

 remained only an intention for so long must be explained in a few words. You 

 expressed once to me your wish to obtain some European plants for the 

 herbarium. I took care of that and obtained the first collection from young Dr. 

 Schinter(sp) who earlier collected a lot. When I went to send it the post Office 

 asked so much in postage that it exceeded the highest possible value of the 

 collection. That seemed crazy, so I turned to the agent of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for help. He accepted my gift with alacrity and wrote to Washington. 



This note is in 

 another hand 

 and not relevant 



to contents(TransI) Dr. A. Weber, Physician -in-chief 



at Amitie les Bains 



Pyrenees oriental 



