were immune to the phylloxera that ravaged European vineyards, for exam- 
ple. He hoped to inspire German immigration to America through his exten- 
sive writings in a publication, entitled Das Westland, which was edited in 
St. Louis but printed in Heidelberg at Joseph Engelmann’s publishing house. 
See, William G. Bek, ‘‘George Engelmann: Man of Science, Part I,’’ Misso' 
Historical Review 23 (January, 1929): 172. 
Notes To Part Il 
1. Minutes of Meeting, 8 February 1856, Academy of Science of St. 
Louis Manuscript Council Book (hereafter cited as ‘‘MCB’’ 
1856-1872, 1. 
2. Ibid. 
3. Minutes of Meeting, 3 March 1856, MCB 1856-1872, 1. 
4. Fora good overview of the American tradition of natural history, see: 
George F. Frick, ‘‘The Anglo- American Natural History Circle In the Eigh- 
teenth Century,’’ T Academy of Science 6 (1975): 
5. ‘‘Constitution of the Academy of Science of St. Louis,’’ The Archives 
of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, St. Louis Science Center (hereafter 
cited as ‘‘AAS’’) 
6. Ibid. 
7. ‘‘By-Laws,’’ TAS 1 (1856-1860): 11-14. 
8. : Mary J. Klem, ‘‘The History of Science in St. 
Louis,’’ TAS 23 (1914-1920): 100-101. 
9. Frederick Starr, “‘The Academy of Science of St. Louis,”” Appleton’s 
Popular Science Monthly (March, 1898): 10 
10. For a detailed discussion of Engelmann’s role in the development 
of the Missouri Botanical Garden, see William B. Faherty, Henry Shaw, His 
Life and Legacies (Columbia, 1987). 
11. Enno Sander, ‘‘George Engelmann,”’ TAS 4 (1878-1886): 18. 
12. Robert E. ern ‘Frederick Adolphus Wislizenus,’’ ISIS 76 
(February, 1938): 3 
a. eis. Ein Ausflug nach den Felsen-Geibergen in Jahre 
1839 an Louis, 1840 
4. Quoted in Mary J. Klem, ‘‘The History of Science in St. 
Lou Le Memoir of a Tour To Northern Mexico In Con- 
nection With the Expedition Of Colonel Doniphan in 1846 and 1847 
(Washington, 1848). 
16. See, James Neal Primm, 
161-164. 
7 oo ue of the Academy of Science of St. Louis,’’ AAS. 
19. ‘‘Journal of Proceedings,’’ TAS | ( 1856-1860). 
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