Correspondence
Subtitle: Siler (Andrew) and Engelmann (George)
Published: 1874
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Correspondence; Opuntia; Botanical specimens; Diseases; Mammillaria (Cactus); Yucca; Haage & Schmidt; Echinocactus; Liliaceae; Identification; Cereus; Foot; Pinaceae; Treatment
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Andrew Lafayette Siler, for 1874-1883. The correspondence relates to collections for Engelmann as a friend of Parry's; desire to collect for his "German friends"; requests for Engelmann to name plants for him. Siler's peculiar affliction on the skin of his feet for which Engelmann gave his arsenic pills.

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.

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