Correspondence
Subtitle: Salm-Reifferscheidt (Joseph) and Engelmann (George)
Published: 1846
Language: ger
Number of pages: 39
Subjects: Epiphyllum; Aloe; Politics and government; Echinocactus; Rhipsalis; Melocactus; German Americans; Cereus; Sequoia (Genus); Moraceae; Correspondence; Opuntia; Echinocereus; Coryphantha; Cholera; Cupressaceae; Liliaceae; Irish Americans; Pelecyphora; Echinopsis; Ficus
Other titles: George Engelmann Papers, 1831-1914.
Description: Incoming correspondence to George Engelmann from Joseph Franz Maria Anton Hubert Ignatz Fürst und Altgraf zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, for 1846-1858. The correspondence relates to an exchange of cacti specimens. Comments on German politics. Discussion of classification of cactus. Method of packing cacti for shipping. Cholera epidemic in Europe. Description of his book Cacteae in Horto Dyckensi cultea. Opinions of German and Irish American immigrants. Opinions on the culture of cacti. A defense of his organization of the cacti. Discussion of the definition of species vs. variety. Comments on American politics.

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.

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