Rec.Feb. 8,1850 



Deidesheim^ Palatinate 

 Nov. 8 , 1849 



Dr. George Engelmann, St/Louis ! 



Throughr 3 emfcgrants from here.the deliverer - Johanne ff-- 

 Hünschidt, the Johannes- Bremer and Ignatz Friedriche — 

 good, industrious people from here, I" make this shipraent,, If you 

 can be of Service to thenry you would oblige me». T£>u receive for 

 yourself ray picture,also for Torrey and Gray, also for yourself f 

 and the academyvthe ?th yearly report of Pollichia and my disserw 

 tation about central amerlcann Vernoni^aceae. I am going in Winten 

 into the Central Americans, and this with more materiall, as I re - 

 ceived in addition to material from Berlirr stilll all comDOsitae 

 fromm Linden?, Funkkand Schlimm* even the Unica as gift. There are 

 in this shipment more than 200 .C^n^ositajg, e.g. 7 new Espel etla IM 

 about 60 - 90 new Eupatorla etc. etc.. 



For Torey and (Traar I send to you 4Är your kind^ helfcrdipio* 

 mas as honorable members of the Pollichia^. I have asked botfr gen- 

 tlemeirfor news about the Cbmpo sitae, and hope,that you, a friend,, 

 who has been so often kind, will 1 help forthfullyv the interest f 

 in our science. Do you perhaps janything for me ? r . T would be very 

 interested in the american Cirsii , specially their characterlsation*. 

 In Germany in recent times many characters were observed, which der 

 not stand in Koch as yet, , e.g.. Clrsium lanceolato-oleraceumr near 

 Zwe i brück err by ray brother. . C lanceolato - eriophorum- in the 7th 

 annual report of the Pollichia^, 3 in Silesia by Viegert G.lanceO- 

 lat0 - arvense ,, C. cano - rivulare etc. With you certainly appear 

 also.. This time I do not send plant s, in order not to make the 

 package larger for the people. . Ship to me in your ne^t mailingr many 

 desiderata, , to give me occasion for co^hter-services.. 



