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Prince Salmr 



March ? and 17, 1856 



and your nigrocalcarata is M. scolymoides Schindw.. and also M.lorl - 

 cata Martlus; also daimonoceras Lim II did own your M.calcarata ,but 

 lost it unf ortunately, , and can not say anything about it; but, it may 

 belong to the numerous Var. of scolymoides. - Does M.macromeris be- 

 lonp: to Coryphantae ?"This wi 11 be welcome for me, equally and more 

 so your Visit 1\ the Coming Fall 4 Winter was not too severe her in this 

 land» My cacti are doing well! and I hope to show them to you in good 

 form* You never told me, if you received a shipment from me, in whicft 

 sceletons of Anhal on i unr ' and Pelecyphora were contained. ?? 



H had a letter Witten to Berlirr, to get you a spcimen of Enumera- 

 tioQ.What happened to Mr. Pfeiffer ?? I do not know^.He broke up withr 

 his wife ,and compromised himself badly in the shameful years 1848 - 

 18^9 in Cassel ; his hometown; he also left botany for conchyologyv 

 (mussel-study, E.D.) 



Your Wellborns most devoted F. to Salnr 



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



Kr 



"shameful* to Prince Salm, because riots all over Germany and 

 Austria forced the introduction of representative governments. 



E.D.. 



