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March 26, 1918 Sends pollen of 'Carl ------ . Asks for seeds of
Sabal palmetto for a friend.
April 10, 1918 Sends pollen of Hippeastrum solandiflorum conspicuum.
Enjoyed the day with TLM and thanks him for rare
plant gifts. "I am particularly interested in
aroids and bromeliads. Have you ever seen any of the
-------- Vriesias that were raised by Duval and in
Germany? Duval of Versailles------- has a long scientific
article of his work with these plants in "Die Gartenflora"
in the nineties. . . I think I can grow lots of these plants
at Naples, but they are hard to get in this country.
Pleple do not seem to appreciate their unique beauty.
In Milwaukee I saw in the private collections of an old
German gardener many of them, particularly Billbergia
and Nidulariums. Have you ever seen Encholirion (Tillandsia)
saundersii? It has bluish green leaves with red spots."
June 6, 1918 Wishes the war was over so ... could obtain again some new
amaryllis from England and Germany. He digs for nuggets in
Gardeners Chronicle and Die Gartenwelt. "I am very
enthusiastic about bromeliads because they do so well here
and at Naples. The trees on my place down there are
covered with several species (among?) them Tillandsia
bulbosa ... Years ago I found somewhere in north(?) [his paren]
Florida a small Tillandsia (smaller than T. juncea) with tufts
of beautiful red leaves. I think this is Chapman's
T. cals------ (?) which may be identical with Small's T.
tenuifolia. Have you ever seen it and does it grow in your
--------? . If so please send me a few clumps by mail,
also about a dozen clumps of T. juncea which is so common
in your locality. I cannot find it here. Years ago I sent
some specimens to Dr. Alvin Berger of the Hauburg Gardens,
La Martola (?), Italy and he succeeded to establish it with
other species from Paraguay and artentina. Small gives
a number of species which I do not know--
Tillandsia festucoides
T . valenzuelana
T. fasciculata
T . balbisiana
T . baileyi
T. circinnata
T. polystachya
T. aloifolia
Do you know where I can get live plants of any or all of
these? The large------ we find in cypress swamps near here
is, I think, T. utriculata. Is this correct?"
Will soon have a fine large collection of tropical
birds. Found an unusual begonia in back of somebody's
house and brought home some cuttings. May be Begonia
President Carnot. Two of his sons enlisted--one the
dept. of Justice.