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United States, so well taken care of by Michaux, I noticed some changes. Your collections have labels 

 according to the Prodromes. I kept the fruits that you allowed me to keep. 



The events in America have contributed to my discontinuing this dispatch. We were afraid of war with 

 England. You in St. Louis are on the limits. At a distance, we are not able to evaluate the state'of affairs. 

 The successes of the Union armies make me hope that you are now in peace. We do not understand vvhy 

 those important states that are so close together can have such différent ideas from the North. They will 

 never be able to make a good confédération. It is much more difficult than our problems of Sunderland 

 of Switzerland, because thèse unhappy states are partially isolated and surrounded by the others. 

 Anyvvay Switzerland is too small for there to be a question of dividing it in two. What is very clear is 

 that ail of you have to pay for ail that. 



In regards to this subject I would like to tell you that I own 600 bonds on the City of St. Louis. They 

 have delayed their payments in the past six months. Do you think they will pay more punctualy in the 

 future? 



Dr. Mueller works actively with the Euphorbia. 1 le is finding new and interesting things in spite of the 

 studies of Bâillon and Klotzsch. The first is said to be very inexact. Mr. Boissier is busy with an oriental 

 flora, for which he has a large amount of material none of which is natural (?). The Euphorbia should 

 be studied completely and systematically. One will find them, 1 think, far superior to the Diagnoses, 

 which while passed from one family to the other, is never finished. 



The first instalment of Vol. X will contain the Begoniace ( that 1 wrote about a long time ago), and the 

 Laurineae, of which Meissner finished a copy and a few other articles. I hope I can begin its printing in 

 two months. 



There don't appear to be many botanical works, specially in France. Chemistry is the only science that is 

 actively published, according to what I am told by one of the principal libraries in Paris. One needs 

 lucrative uses, so that a science becomes useful, and botany does not bring back anything. 



While thanking you again for your letters on the Quercus, I am as always, my dear Sir, devoted to you. 



Alphonse de Candolle 



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