Title
Correspondence : Salm-Reifferscheidt (Joseph) and Engelmann (George), 1846-1858
By
Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph, Graf zu, 1773-1861
Type
Collection
Material
Archival material
Publication info
Notes
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.
Original material in German, with typewritten English translation.
Subjects
(Frederick),
,
(Heinrich),
,
(Philipp August Friedrich),
,
1773-1861
,
1792-1868
,
1802-1879
,
1803-1891
,
1809-1884
,
1818-1883
,
1825-1871
,
19th century
,
Aloe
,
America
,
Cactaceae
,
Cacteæ in horto dyckensi cultæ anno 1844
,
Cereus
,
Cholera
,
Classification
,
Correspondence
,
Coryphantha
,
Cupressaceae
,
Echinocactus
,
Echinocereus
,
Echinopsis
,
Engelmann, George,
,
Epiphyllum
,
Europe
,
Ficus
,
fl. 1840-1854
,
German Americans
,
Germany
,
Graf zu,
,
Irish Americans
,
Labouret, J
,
Letters
,
Liliaceae
,
Lindheimer, Ferdinand,
,
Melocactus
,
Moraceae
,
Mühlenpfordt, F
,
Opuntia
,
Packing
,
Pelecyphora
,
Politics and government
,
Poselger, H
,
Potts, John
,
Rhipsalis
,
Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph,
,
Scheer, Fred
,
Seemann, Berthold,
,
Sequoia (Genus)
BHL Collections
Engelmann Papers, Missouri Botanical Garden
Call Number
Archives Collection 1 RG 4/1/5/1
Language
German
Identifiers
OCLC:
872653058
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