2 «- Prince Salm*. Nov. 30 , 1856 



Eumamillarlae vivipar a, jbadiosa » , slmilis and others, seems to me un- 

 natural. . I have trouble to believe, that these f Towers are realljr 

 top- positioned^ I never have seen them; but have observed, that the 

 youngest mamillae are not subcgtae, and that only in the older ones 

 the f urrow develops» . 



You observed the Opuntiae carefully,and organized them. Maage, 

 in Erfurt has in his catalogue several species (supposedly fro© you); 

 which I do not possess, and, which are also not in the Synopsis : 

 about all this orallyvj: 



Ilbeg Your Wellborn not to forget the trip to Dyck. You will 

 find it useful'and most agreable to me. 

 With kind esteemr, most devoted 



F. to Salm Dyck 

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



