Prince Salm 



Sept. 28, 18^8 



then known Ger« apygonus tubiflorus, multiplex,, in which' .v 



.4^ l Y*H^. • , halfof the stamens are united with the. . .. 



and the anthersjiircle round around the faux tubi (false tubes>E.D. ) ; 

 while the other half w a basi libera" cube-like collecta, adpresses 

 on the front side. New species have by and by beert add ed, , with whicK 

 one may not have proceeded as ac curat ely ; , for which Statements of 

 the f Inder have beer adnitted, for whom a ,f caulis plus minusve gla- 

 bosus H (a stem more or less smooth,E.D. ) , and. a flower ,f tubo plus 

 minusve elonprato 11 ( atube more or less elonarated, E.D,) was suffi- 

 cient to determine the genus. - Thus, ; Ger. pectinatus became an £ chi- 

 nopsis; there are even species, which have not yet flowered, and which 

 have been put into this genus on the basis of habitus.I could, thus,, 

 not guaranty for the correctness of each of the species; the charac- 

 ter, as given by Zucc.. fits however many a new species, which have 

 flowered for me, and. which Mr. Bridge s has brought from Chile and' 

 Bolivia to England... 



The seeds of Cer. Greg-geil; unf ortunately I did not germinate; 

 it must be a beautiful species, which I am hopeful to posess soon. 

 E^jerything confirms my opiniorr, that we know hardly one half of the 

 exidting cacti; so that it is necesary to construet a family plan,, 

 which leaves space for the future, and, finally also, that one should 

 not create new species frivolously. - There remains only to speak 

 about the best way of packlng and the most oportune time of the 

 year. The shipments, which arrive during Spring, are beyond doubt 1 ,, 

 the happiesti Your Wellborn would have to have the kindness, to 

 expedite shipments from St. Louis toward the end of April, that they 

 may arrive here at the end of May or beginning of June. The plants 

 have then sufficient time to recover.. If the weather is f avorabl e 

 V one could send them earlier, and as to packlng?, the prime condi 1 - 

 tion is dryness of the packing material and. some air-holes in. the 



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