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May 28, 1927
June 21, 1927
There are no letters until
photographs, etc. . . . Mr. Foster of Orlando also called
on me several times and so did several northern florists
during the winter." Dr. Fairchild sent seeds of
Hyphaena strebaica gathered in tropical west Africa. . .
my many ficus, however, are a t present the most absorbingly
interesting in my collection" and more about Mexican
species that he has been trying for 35 years to obtain.
Mr. Pennock has sent canes of 25 varieties of his
dracaenas so that he has 500 sprouting as well as about
1500 "more of my own." He is planning to move to
Sebring .
TLM has written to him from Ithaca. The "drouth" has
broken. Has sent thousands of plants--mostly small
ones-- to Sebring. He has had three to six men working
one unusually capable and interested in learning.
Jan 25, 1929 TLM has been sending soup. HN says that he is overburdened
with letter writing. "A few days ago I had two
agents of the Federal Horticultural Board with me-real
beaurocrats. They wanted to get full information about
every plant and bulb that came to me during the past four
years. They wanted to know where each one grew, how much
propagating material each one supplied etcetcetc. I
have felt quite "blue" for several days since they left.
They are very different fromthe polite, gentlemanly
Bureau of Plants people--very different, speaking
always with much ------ and force. They want me to grow
all the plants at - one place, and I come into a dilemma
when they heard that some of the plants were at Sebring,
others with my friend ----- , and that I had given
several away. I have to give a full account of every
plant and bulb and of the caladiums that Arno bought in
Germany. They were angry that my plants were so poorly
labelled and they could not distinguish Ceratozanina maxicana
from a bromelia and an orchid. They knew nothing about
plants, but only showed their authority . . . . This is
all I can write tonight. More later. Your old friend,
H. Nehrling.
With the letters are miscellaneous pages:
A chapter outline, 17 headings, "Soil and climate of Fla.," etc.
Four pages of indecipherable copy headed "Certain Cacti."
Typescript copy "Orchids in South Florida," 1 page
Copy of ms, 1 page, "Chapter I. The Climate and Soil of
Florida. l1
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