3 - Prince Salm- Feb. l§ f 18.55 



most everything perished, and, what I received fron hin, ^ras in the 

 poorest possible condition«. Never-the-less I am grateful to him- much 

 I have deseribed, and some I could rescue« 



A certain Mr. Krook ha. s published in Amsterdam a new handbook for 

 the knowledge and treatment of the cacti: There is nothing new in it, 

 and it is solely a book printer 1 s speculatiorr, ornated with a pretty 

 title pa#e. . We have a severe Winter, and since a few days a coldb of 

 10 - 12 degrees Heaunier. I am not without fear for plants in the open! 

 Hox^rever, there is a snow cover, which protects the fields; otherwise, 

 there would be damage» > 



Your Wellborn most friendly devoted" 



F. to Salm - Dyck 



(translated fron German script by Ed-ar Denisorr, June 1988 ) 



