Prince Salmn 



Hov. 22 f 1855 



Tftey were partially and superficialis explored by the ameri— 

 can campaign, and in the Enumeratio by Pfeiffer one f inds- already 

 species, whicfr one considered as new and unknowru.lt is always bet- 

 ter, when in doubt, to describe the plant, specially the flower and 

 fruit^which xve get to see rarely in Europe ! also in other respect 

 is California stränge: : one teils us about a tree 300 feet tall> # , 

 with a diameter of 20 ~ 30 feet; that relation is alraost fabou - 

 lous: Is that tree a Taxodium T It is supposed to be evergreerr. - 

 Instead of book-mail, I prefer to enclose my essay here. 



Your Wellborn 1 s friendly devoted 



F. to Salm Dyck 1 



(fbranslated from German script by Edgar Denison, June 1988 ) 



