4: TRANS. ST. LOUIS ACAD. SCIENCE. 



ready for its advanced scientific institutions and prominent men, 

 with whom he quickly formed a valuable and lasting acquaint- 

 ance. Subsequently, after a long and tedious journey, he arrived 

 in February, 1833, at the home of his uncle, near Belleville, Ills., 

 which had been named Bacharach in memory of the well-known 

 village on the Rhine, where the ancestors of the family had re- 

 sided for centuries. 



True to his agreements and instructions he industriously made 

 himself acquainted with the resources of the country, the value 

 of its farming lands, and the quality of the products on both sides 

 of the Mississippi river, residing at his uncle's in Illinois and 

 partly at the farm of a German in the neighborhood of St. Louis. 

 Soon he extended his explorations farther into Southern Illinois, 

 Missouri, Arkansas, and even into Louisiana, accompanied only 

 by a trusted German, both a faithfnl servant and a hunter, gener- 

 ally known by the name of Schnatzky, who had been compelled 

 to leave Germany on account of political difficulties. 



During these exploring trips he collected a great deal of valua- 

 ble information. He paid, of course, particular attention to his 

 favorite studies, and in the new and unexplored territory he dis- 

 covered a great many plants which he described, and of which 

 he sent carefully prepared specimens for the Senkenberg Insti- 

 tute of his native city and for the museums of different German 

 universities. 



By such exertions he became favorably known to the scientific 

 brotherhood of both hemispheres, and a rumor is current that 

 one of America's most distinguished botanists found his name 

 attached to specimens of American plants at the herbarium at 

 Berlin, and became so interested with the excellent work which 

 he witnessed there, that he entered upon a correspondence with 

 the western botanist on his return to America, and a life-long 

 friendship resulted. 



However, the continuous exposure during his travels to the 



