2 - Prlnce Salm Aug, 28, 1847 



I did identif y several species, which' he had sent to a friend in? 

 England,. The area in which he lives seems to be rieh in cacti fi and 

 the loss of his last shipments is much to be regretted. The culture 

 of cacti is not difficulttj only, because the special are distribu- 

 ted fron Missouri to Patagonia, can they not be treated unif ormly*. 

 Formerly they were kept too warm, and now It* is likely, that one 

 treats them too rough.. 



^ e Op T ^ntiae , which Nuttal declares* native to Kentucky,. 

 Pfeiffer puts in the glomeratae, and, aecording to that positiorr,, 

 it can. not be a variety of op. vulgaris » As, however, , he did not see 

 it, and the values of Nutt. v articulis subrotundi s . and artic. 

 ovatis coneavis are very vague, it is not inpossible, that you are 

 correct.. The best proof are made by the plants themselves, and, for 

 that reason, I would like to posess them.. That you do not know 



Oy. missouriensis ( Hütt) surprises me.. I shall send it to 



you.^It survives here in the open, as does Op. prostrata . which I 

 will senH along., - Op. simple* , in contrast, is^a greenhouse 

 plant; probably at hone in the Islands (?), which has becone rare irr 

 our gardens due to rough treatment.. - The different species, whiefr 

 we have reeeived fron Texas, are not easily enumerated?, the specific 

 names would not do you much crood, and we do not know exactly, which 

 Speeles can be considered native there. Those e.g., which Mister 

 Potts has sent to England, are not Texas species any more; One thing 

 is definitive, that we reeeived nore ,Echinocact % than Manillariae 

 fron that territory..- Your friend, Mr. Lindheimer, could truly be 

 very useful: to me, and I would like for this reason, to get in con- 

 tact with him.. Where does he live Y Would he have the kindness, to 

 mail ne an index of the cacti, which can be had fron hinr; this would 

 nake it easier for ne, to make a selectiorr.. The largesti speeimens 

 are the worst for shipnent. Their weight is an inpedinent , theff re- 



