My son is workmg on the Meliaceae for the Flora Braziliensis. Muller is deeply involved with the Rubiaceae 

 for the same publication. Boissier is working on the Flora of the Orient, on which he has written two volumes. 

 His son-in-law, Mr. Barbey, has begun studytng botany and is preparing a publication on the EpHubium Marc 

 Micheli, the translator of Sachs, is writing an article for the Flora Braziliensis. You can see that here we 

 continue working. Really we couîd not do otherwise, as our resources in books and plants is admirable. 



Mrs.de Candolle thanks you and Mrs. Engelmann for your wishes. Please, I ask you to receive our compliments 

 which I always send you, my dear colleague. Your very devout 



Alph. de Candolle 



PS Do you think that your Neiumbium luteum would grow in Geneva? It would be interesting to have a 

 Nelumbium out of a greenhouse. 



translator M. Thurmann 



