| Engelmann, George Jan. 21, 1842 [1] (seq. 33)St Louis Jan 21st 1842
Dear Doctor
I got your letter of the 5th last &
just in time for this one, which I shall
send tomorrow by Mr Kimm. He must
take a small parcel of plants for you, but
I am sorry that he is unable to take with
him other parcels, which I have prepared for
you and the other gentlemen, who send me
specimens. I think I will fill a small
box and trust to the common conveyance.
I have put aside for you (together with those,
you got lately) 51 American and 16 [4?] European
plants — for Mr {John} Carey 57 American and 19
European plants, such as are identical or
very similar to American species — for
Mr {Ashley Colt} Brownne I have 38 American and 46 European
— less I believe, than both gentlemen sent me,
but it is only a beginning and in the course
of this summer I shall collect more, and
shall have more leasure next winter to
arrange my old European collections and select duplicates. For you
I have put aside especially such European plants
as are rarer, not to be obtained every
where, and are important for the study of their
American relations. — I wish you would
look through the parcels for Mssrs Carey
and Browne and take any thing you like
for yourself, before you hand them over
to them; only take a note of it, and let me
know, so that I may make up, if I can,
the deficiency.
What has become of Mr {Samuel Botsford} Buckley, he used
to correspond prety frequently with me —
but lately I have got no answers from
him. I have been very unfortunate with him | Engelmann, George Jan. 21, 1842 [1] (seq. 33)St Louis Jan 21st 1842
Dear Doctor
I got your letter of the 5th [last?] &
just in time for this one, which I shall
send tomorrow by Mr Kimm. He must
take a small parcel of plants for you, but
I am sorry that he is unable to take with
him other parcels, which I have prepared for
you and the other gentlemen, who send me
specimens. I think I will fill a small
box and trust to the common conveyance.
I have put aside for you (together with those,
you got lately) 51 American and 16 [4?] European
plants — for Mr Carey 57 American and 19
European plants, such as are identical or
very similar to American species — for
Mr Brownne I have 38 American and 46 European
— less I believe, than both gentlemen sent me,
but it is only a beginning and in the course
of this summer I shall collect more, and
shall have more leasure next winter to
arrange my old European collections and select duplicates. For you
I have put aside especially such European plants
as are rarer, not to be obtained every
where, and are important for the study of their
American relations. — I wish you would
look through the parcels for Mssrs Carey
and Browne and take any thing you like
for yourself, before you hand them over
to them; only take a note of it, and let me
know, so that I may make up, if I can,
the deficiency.
What has become of Mr Buckley, he used
to correspond prety frequently with me —
but lately I have got no answers from
him. I have been very unfortunate with him |
EN