2 - Prince Salm 



July 19, 1857. 



Büt, Op. caraanchiea, cymochila, tortlsplna and others I could notf- 

 bring into any of my subdivisions. ,and in your Synopsis and the se - 

 qulence of your species is not enough inf orraatiorr to solve my doubts.. 



my collection and Organization- ( < as t hopefully, it will remain as- 

 sembled until the end of September) 1. 1 1 shlpped you III species and 

 subspecies (varieties ? E.D. ) to St. Louis and would have desired' to 

 learn how the shipment arrived. . r ask Your Wellborn to write to me f , 

 that I can figure on your Visit.. 



Your illustrations are excellent.The one from Berlin came also 

 out well, but not quite as well as those from Paris.. Your Separation 

 of the Mammllariae into Eumam. . and Coryphantae I can only considei? 

 correct and useful for those species, which 1 carry a pseudo cephalium-, 

 (feuch as MKpygmacantha » scolymoides-, etc.etc.)ifrom which develop a 

 large flower and a thiok, greerc berry.. With the Bacca emersa it is 

 also not completely correct ! A month ago I received f ronr Senke a 

 f?am . pycnacantha , which carried on its top a Single half-protrudingr 

 berryT Before my eyes 3 new berries have appeared, of which not a 

 sign had been present. and between these 4 thick and green berries 

 develops now a new blossom; on which I could have clearly examined? 

 if the bacca is "a prlncipio* 1 not completely inclusa vel iramersa ?? 



The present residence of Mr. Friedrich Scheer you willeasily 

 find out in London. . I always addressed my letters simply London. Sine 

 a year he gave up his cacti collectiorr, and our correspondence ceased 



Your Wellborn*, I urgently repeat my wislti to Visit du- 



ring Summer time the exhi^ition of my cacti' (I.e. latest by the end^ 

 of Sept.)i and to pay me a Visit: : It means a tremendous amount to 

 mie and it is also not without interest for yow to look over so many 

 cactU. Your Wellborn kindlymo st devot ed: 



F. to Salnr 



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



