Correspondence
Subtitle: Jacobi (Georg) and Engelmann (George)
Published: 1855
Language: ger
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Botanical specimens; Liliaceae; Identification; Social conditions; Yucca; Collectors and collecting; History
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Georg Albano von Jacobi, for 1855-1871. The correspondence relates to the recommendation of polychrome lithograph to illustrate Engelmann's work on cacti. Discussion of the seeds of cacti, with reference for a systematic division of the family. Hybridization attempts of Mr. Schaefer of cacti. Oberservations and descriptions of various cacti and agave. Compares the U.S. civil war with unrest in Prussia. Comments on German politics. Dispersion of his plant collection due to illness and retirement.

Folder contains original letters.
Notes: The collection is open for research.

George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914 / Correspondence (Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1), Missouri Botanical Garden Archives.

Original material in German, with typewritten English translation by Edgar Denison.

Finding aid available from Missouri Botanical Garden Library and online http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/molib/part2.pdf.