Fr i nee Salm 



May 22, 1853 



of one genus are transferred irto another # .The character, gieren fro Ha- 

 mi Ilaria, fits n.any species^ a^d nust rot be changed" 0' the Droblera ,though„ 

 of the Peregonii naruscer.tis- decidui,aut per si stentis , can be elinina- 

 ted, as it is without signif icance)'. Has it, however, beer, proven, that 

 the above nentioned. plant s, belonging to the genus Ha mi Ilaria , divert 

 in an essential point from the ordaffSyned character , then they cea.se to 

 be Mamillariae» . Further, Mr. Poselger shrank several species, and shares 

 with you the opinion, that the caety vary rauclr aecording to clinate and 

 locality, and that we have na de öfter, several species of the same plant«, 

 Aecording to my jud .genen t, he goes a little too far. - It will, however,, 

 be difficult for a traveller to deternine, if he has ' species or a Va- 

 rl ety in. front of hinr, and, which is the original form, fron which the 

 others derart ? We must leave a lot to the future and to the mind of 

 botanists, who will Visit an area: ■ Further, the^e areas would have to 

 be first aceessible» 



Reeeive, Your Wellborn, the repeated assurance of my friendly 



devotion 



F. to Salm-Dyck 



PS,I send this letter simultane ously with a small case to your address,, 

 from the post in Neuss (?? can't deeipher E«D* ) • - After accoraplshed re - 

 search, all goes now directly through Bei giun, Liverpool to New York — 



(translated f^om German scripta by Edgar Denison, June 1988 ) 



