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' / Fi, Herr Doktor! 2.4 Ste werden vielleicht neugierig sein zu wissen was 65 hier für Pflanzen giebt, desss y will ich Ihnen verläurie(t) einige zu nennen welche um St, Louis ni cht vorkommen, Auf den Sandgegend um Beardstom ist Malva echr häufig und seht eben 80 Schön als sie in Texas ist mur olwas ?) ie Blumens ferner das Coreopsis mit ungetheilten eg honıne weLöhnd .(r ich unter Ihren open vom rkansas g ferner ] um Arkansamım i: Lilaslı i 6 Zeil vis 1 Fuss sah ist: air nie unberännts ein Jalium ro 7° rennen m Blunen ferner. jener Artemisi sat 183 Ä niE ve r Jong ar Bi Auere a jenen gen Bestand Erisuun i rbe na Btrie astloss wieder An ich um einigen Septbr, af der | uis fand, gerade so und fast glaube ich ... es Y3 seine Dre en, von Te ze 4m Panda Bean. enhrosia ving. & ung u a | a0u3 4 Vimus ste, “ Unser yarau 3er io8 TED a ‚von derselben | rutese. bedeckt die sandigem 0 letsten sehr häufig Bier . gardir Ä L3 mit Cos 10 we 4. seht. einzig in Sumpfen, Grosse yumpf'e umgeben Sperästann welche wohl die meist Interensanten Pflanzen, erg ea Yaben in der were? 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Matar tech Das ich in der urn: zeit noch nicht rin sehen ‚en werde aber bald in der ganzen Hastkarne aftt elase turchsuch | fmanr ‚hatte eine - Me Joch habe bere ce ; ein - + TR ser “ögend sun ab gebracht wm es Tanen, Verbupeiunn ward er Sammlung um vieles interessanter | urde mir wen | ep went) Se mur früherhin hi a ‚sder sonst: br ro "brauchen ke insten do | bi Ki ie Ä & hinaus warten. : 90: Un Dat lesen. m “ritter ich nicht arum in Zu | : Bueli ge mieh auf d der Post. wahrsch intich von en Sie #8 auf i ich —— —_.— is | hie uk aber: darauf jeden Tag zu Fr Ihr Pakete hab sl darein sine 8. aa FR "Ba m a zustie ort u. 2: andn viel Calom ER ei & Babe ar aro r er Bun | ie ‚Riehl sehen oder bom ıhen #0 so grünsen sie ihm h Pr fr ® Schreiben Sie mir bald} = 2345 6 7 8 9 10 Mıssour: Ä BOTANICAL copyright reserved G ARDEN Geyer, Charles 1842, July 10th Beardstown, Ind] ||. TRANSLATION Beardstown, Ind., July 10th, 1842 Dear Doctor, You may be curious to know what kind of plants there are here, therefore, I shall mention some which are not to be found in the vicinity of St. Louis. On the sand hills around Beardstown Malva Papaver is rather common and is just as beautiful as it is in Texas only with a little bit smaller flowers; further, Coreopsis with undivided leaves which I saw among your Arkansas plants; further, Erysimum Arkansanun, Polygonum articulatum, Aster sp. fol. linearibus integerr. rigid. Rad. lilacinus 6 inches to one foot, which was entirely unknown to me; one Galium with red flowers, further the Artemisia which I collected in 1839 and biennis ?; also one Quercus from Des Moines is common here; Il also have many specimens of Croton glandulosus; I also found again a rather peculiar connection between Verbena stricta & bractiosa which I found last September on the sandbanks of St. Louis. Then follow Rudbeckia pinnata & Coreopsis polonata, Cestus canadensis and Inula Mariana (very frequent)..... Fraxinus, acuminata and Betula are the largest trees in the sandy bottom next to Platanus, Acer eriocarpunm, Quercus aquatica, Ulmus etc. Our Curnus circinnata has leaves just as Sericeus and is of the same height. Still have not seen Ribes, but ıdoth Vitis, also cordifolia in the underbrush. Amorpha frutesc. covers the sandy banks together with Ceanothus, the latter is quite frequent and grows mostly in the swamps. Beardstown is surrounded by large swamps which probably have the most interesting plants of the local flora, for instance Spiraea lobata, Trautvetteria palomata, menyanthus 3-foliata, Rhexia virg. Soutellatis lateriflora, Spanzanium ramosum, Polygonum hartatum or sagittatum, the small slender Campanula (l1inifol.?2). One Lycopodium covers the soil under thick Vaccinäum where the sand goes into the swamp. Up to now I have already collected approximately 600 specimens of various plants and everything will be dried tomorrow and Tuesday noon I shall make my next excursion. I forgot to mention that Polygola purpurea and incarnata & verticillata are quite frequent here as well as Acerates longifol. and vindiflora. On wet prairies only Liatris very similar to Pychnostachys and Rudbeck. purpe...0.. Did not yet see any orchids or Oenothera except biennis which is quite % 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Mi frequent on the sandy prairies. Nor did I see any Monarda! -- but 3 spec. Pycanthemum and 3 Teucrium, all 4 Verbena; 2 Euphorb. hyperif. and Ipecacuanhae, 2 Rumex crispus and yours in the swamp with strongly backwards bent fruits. Only one Hedvotis with stiff leaves in very meager sandy soil, and not in flower any more. 3 to 4 inches high at the most, shall bring plants with me, some Solidago, Viola Bedata and Batschia Gmeline, but all without flowers. Of course, I did not see very much in this short time, but shall soon look over the entire vicinity. +... Should there be a letter for me at the post office, please let me know also the place where it came from. At the post office you will probably find a book, I believe Torrey's Flora probably sent from Mr. Nicollet, please keep this with you, I was too late and had to board the ship. My health is not very good since I left St. Louis and I should not be surprised if I caught the yellow fever, but I am still on my horse every day. We analyzed your pills and found much Calomel in them, 8 grams in 6 pills, I took them because of fear of the fever. Should you see or visit Mr. Riehl, please give him my best greetings. Respectfully yours, Chas. A. Geyer Please write me soon. u MISSOURI: . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN / DE EL GbR Ag m VOTE EEE BEE Ä ee | th. DE a Bayer drehen Ta ee copyright reserved GAROEN Ya Wr Zinni I a | = ©, ri. R . D- a er Aa AL Ger Knenma | LE 0 a Se 2 EEE REGIE TE RE ET 9 10 MISSOURI: . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN N en ner etei elemente en enger 2 SS N Swnn, Le Ne R N > copyright reserved MISSOURI° BOTANICAL GARDEN ® MISSSÜR EJTANT. N. GSMDEN GEORGE ENGELMANN PAPERS MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN OÖ But L®) ® > De ® N ® PB - ‚I Be Da) Q, oO © Geyer, Chas. A. 1842, July 29th Dr. Engelbach's farm. TRANSLATION Dr. Engelbach's Farm, July 29, 1842 Dear Doctor, Some days ago I made an interesting discovery. I always thought that Verbena hastata was V. paniculata until I realized my mistake the day before yesterday; this increases the number of varieties to a great extent, especially if you should find near St. Louis the paniculata with its varieties as I did here find hastata. I have 60 specimens of V. hastata and 60 of V. hastata-stricta and also 60 of V. hastata-urticifolia=V. urticifolia-stricta, and I have no doubts that I will not find bracteosa-hastata. I also found some other rare plants, such as Poronia carolinianum, not yet in flower; Aster ? Crotalaria sagittalis; Hyperic. Sarothra & Drummondi; Panicum sp. 2-5 feet high with hanging panicle, very light green and stiff at the same heights as Petalostemon, Further- more large numbers of southern Zanthoxylum, Viburnum lentago (with some broad berries), Epil. lineares with very long hair; also freqauently found on the naked hills are Liatris cylindracea, Psoralea compestis and Aster sericens--the second one no more in flower;--of the following plants I have more than 60 specimens: Polygola purp., Croton glandulosus, and Rhenia virginica, Ruellia arevaris; Anychia capillcea, Polygonum nov. sp.?--Trautvetteri; Spiraea lobata;- Eriophorum angustifol; - Verbena bracteosa stricta;-V. hastata; - V. Hastata stricta; - V. Hastata urticifol.; Dracacephalum virginianum (from swamps); - Verbena bracteosa stricta; - V. hastata; - V. hastata stricta; - V. hastata urtieifol.; - Crotalaria sagittalis; - Hypericum Sarothra, Lysimachia revoluta; in 18 nos. = 1080 specimens, some of these are not dry yet; the entire number of dried plants until yesterday is 2233 specimens.-- Dr. Engelbach would like to know if one cannot buy in St. Louis German ropes for horses and he adds he would appreciate if you had the kindness to try to find some information about this; I believe that Julius or Adolph Meier have some; he would like to have some for two horses.-- The local Germans here are very dissatisfied with Weber's newspaper, especially an article in the last number 'To the citizens of Illinois" caused much anger, especially since he apparently plans to convince the people that Governor Duncan is the main founder of the International Improvement System and according to what the local citizens say, he is known as a Whig and Democrat and there are documents which easily prove that Governor Duncan refused four times to sign 1% 8 9 10 MISSOURI BOTANICAI copyright reserved GARDE Ni AN the foundation papers for the International Improvement System and that he was finally forced to. The article is very well written; people here believe that Körner is the author. Have you heard that watermelon or sugar melon can be eaten in any other form than raw? Here, at Dr. Engelbach's I ate the preserved melons and found them very tasty. At this time I have to mention the white walnut preserved in sugar which is also very tasty. You would do me a great favour if you would keep some stones of the Chickasaw for me. I don't know whether it is easy to distinguish them from the common variety.--Also of pears, as much as you are able to find. Iam afraid it will be too late when I come down. Sincerely yours, Chas. A. Geyer Dr. Engelbach sends his regards. 01120304567 on . 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X I ® u. % x 4 & n « er « “ ey a n “ . * . “ x \ D % > f % % f s \ ” Nm I oT TI nennen nee Teen ne 5 6) 7 8 9 10 copyright reserved MISSOURI: BOTANICAL GARDEN Geyer, Chas. 1842, August öth Dr. Engelbach's farm TRANSLATION Bea Dr. Engelbach's farm, August 8, 1842 Dear Doctor, I received your letter of the 2nd of this month last night when I visited your friends, the Kirchers; I gave them both your greetings, as well as Dr. Engelbach. Mr. Kircher has a small shop in Arensville and considering the circumstances, seems to do quite well, I told the people who were there your opinions about politics , but as true as everything you said may be, it is not enough to give one courage and hope for better times to come, because even if things get straightened out, the import duties of other countries are still the main deterrent. The South and South- west will never be able to produce cotton as cheap as the English do in East India--- cotton which was the main export product of the United States has reached a price of 30 cents here, and it would be just as profitable to leave the fields unplanted.-- A bushel of wheat from Missouri and Northern and Southern Illinois could not be brought to the eastern markets under 22 cts. and then be sold at a profit to England!-- Where is the profit for the trades people and especially for the farmers who work under the hot sun?--You mentioned these two speculations concerning cotton and wheat only as an example, and there is proof how useless a bank would be to support the market. You close however: "that at lower prices, the market is bad depends on circumstances in other countries over which we have no control'".--This means nothing else but the import duties which not only make import of United States wares difficult, but in many cases impossible; there is nothing which would prevent other countries to swamp the local markets with their products; this prevents incentive on the part of the citizens in many hundreds of fields since, of course, they cannot compete with the Europeans. Certainly, for the same reason that the United States maintains a Navy, just as well as the other seafaring nations and is faced with the necessity of supporting it for her own security, the United States should introduce import duties just as England, France, Germany in order to keep up the incentive and let the workers get higher wages. I regret to be a dissenter of the Democratic Party, but I am afraid that the Democrats lead us backwards in politics as well as in economics. The local Whigs did not learn anything from the things you wrote. Of course, it is to be regretted that there is no real leadership since the people in office change constantly. Please accept my opinions as written down in a hurry and while I was frequently disturbed and therefore, rather mixed up. During the local elections, the Democrats won--I am curious to learn how the election in St. Louis in all of Missouri turned out. I am confident that you will change the name of Cuscuta pentagona to C. Ceanothi 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN In and if you are generous, you will add my name to it. Now I also have Cuscuta 2 and it took me a whole day to find that it belonged to ceanotha; at that time the fruit was very ripe and mostly already dead or dried up. Should you see Mr. Riehl, please ask him to keep leaves of Panax chionantha for me and also leaves from the meadow' around Fu patse-- 1. pay callected 60 ee of the following plants: U BEA uf Ar Vena pl Gehe u ea Pe er/ ee gar mehr Gem hlal n. a ra x BEIGE MEZ EZ BR tan Vengkmn Kay er i a a raw, 7 All in alı % 1666 specimens, a totäl nußber up to August 5fh, 5092 ER RE which I left with Riehl are some with leaves and fruits, such as: Quercus macrocarpa, obtusiloba & nigra. If the weather remains good, I might get up to 10,000 specimens together with the 200 which are in the press today. If the weather remains good, I might even be able to get up to 15,000 this fall and shall continue to stay at Dr. Engelbach's and then go once again to Beardstown;--If you could make it possible to send me some money or help me out with paper, etc., I should like to go to Florida this winter in order to continue to eollect there and to stay in the business as long as possible. Please let me have your opinion about that, but don?!& tell anybody else about this since everything is dependent on many circumstances. Please, also find out about the steward service at Col. Sublette's, I should soon get anyanswer from him since I don't believe he will forget me even if I am only a very small lord.-- (We are lords in the plant kingdom!) It is possible that Sublette has a letter for me.--Also, please ask Mr. Degenhardt at the post office.--I still need a little money to buy paper. My compliments to all acquaintances and friends from Mr. & Mrs. Kircher in Arensville and from Dr. Engelbach. Until later, Yours Chas. A. Geyer. P.S. I hope my plants at Riehl's are still in good condition? Should ydu see Mr. Riehl please ask him about this and give him my best greetings. G. 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ) 2 | I. a Re Engalkhn fan br Uhnemenı) Üorter a2 tego. 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Geyer 1842, September 2nd Dr. Emgelbach's Farm TRANSLATION Dr. Engelbach's Farm near Ahrensville, September 2nd, 1842 My dear Doctor, Your correspondence begins to limps You still owe me an answer to my last letter:--The heat here was terrible for the last 8 days and there appeared several of fever, but I am sure that also in St. Louis it is not "distressingly healthy"; but I am in good health and well and doing a lot of things. I shall now go over your last letter and see what I can say about it! Your helianthus occidentalis alias plantagiverus (?) is probably my decapitatus--Anemone cylindrica Gray? Is this perhaps a species which can easily be taken for A. virginiana? It is unknown to me--Hedyotes stenophylla, with stiff and pointed leaves?--If it looks like that one can find it here frequently on meager sandy hills!--I have seen the living Uniola stricta--Diplopapp. linariaefolis I don't know at all, Desm. canadense I have seen south of the St. Peter River--Stellera....frequently in swamps at the Illinois River--my Arisma (?) sagittaria I found again in dried up Swamps. I am now angry about the Verbena and don't know my way out. I have several very interesting specimens of a bastard between Erigeron divaricatus &_E. canadensis... I also have Solida, Aster, Helianthus, Desmodium & Cuscuta. Since I don't know whether you received my last letter, I want to repeat the plants and especially the plants which I have in sets of 60 specimens: I I Pr —n pm = EEE 6 00 R— nl ISA Pb \ ag Aa) Ca fetmeat/ er Samanfunne. PR BISI Word En ER un 4 | Amon en ns Ke en u Fe 2 DE Fed Ze > ler > ArterL EG) Dann ap Frenanuy (me, Ve ot I, 7 BI 5 se ran a ° we PS: PER Fe Hg er Aa) Hama DI Ge Corn angehen de Velen hab, & 27 ge | 172 eliim! San ram m N u ee. [za mau tern en Dreh 724 Ber: 2 _—— Ä EEE - er en a ass : mens 1% | Art | = Ser aan aaa na! Kan) Gempeelnz D000 tn neh a 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI:° i BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN De with your help at the coast of Florida, Key West or in the interior; I have a very good friend there whom I met in New York, a Scot garden friend by the name of John Emmerson; I don't know whether he is the same who was Governor of Florida some years ago, but his name is also John Emmerson; he was a fine, educated man with family and wealth so it could be possible that he is the same. From newspapers I learned that the Ex-Governor is living in Gadsden and that was where my friend was going to, I remember that clearly. Perhaps you could find someone who would have the information or one on whose recommendation I could go there; please write me about this in your next letter; I am certain to find many things there. Soon I have to leave here and go down to St. Louis--I still need a few Thaler for this and if you could possibly send me 2 or 3 Thaler, I shall prepare for my departure and leave as soon as I have received your answer. Yours, Chas. A. Geyer. MIıSSOURI ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN | > EG BEEB ESS, Korgen rg ER AMG zu Sa 6; | Ah Arr 2 Qu | ERE : , 27 AR. Gr | Anlagen 4 pr Gag m 0 le Ze un ee En ARTE I Sf ge ad nn a ss PB L A OT age EIER TE RT I | a ODER ge < TS BEL AR ET 6] er. : 2 rr : = ® DER RL 07 Hauer WEITE EIN EDS ei ge: TEREDRBT et ö 3 K N N in N { N N EZ. DREI ng a a BL TSG A aa SER TET EDER hau 9, 2 Be Ef 2 . . RER al. TERRTTET Fe DH m Gh an A ur L£ 78 7ER PN EEE Ze SER EEE HEILER 5 7 sw 1. nn g / ee ee 0 12345 6 7 8 9 10 Missourı BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ng Ze are. Pay? ONE, FÜR TER Pi nn 3° ze a as E ge 2 > el ML a u ag ER age A re DR TR ee ART, ee RE ee Ce Sri year entyw en Air FAME Se EEE copyright reserved [ * x Ik { 2 GE + DE RE SUN. BEN IN N 10 copyright reserved MISSOURI: BOTANICAL GARDEN Kerr wuynaoh3 = Bi suzdYd ' Ich LI v « Er pie ER SWEET EEE EEE a 7 > —Ay een FE I ro sin SD N I N EN EN B T ” 1 & \ j } " $ * N u R \ 4 ! $ j \ kb & F BR 1 % } | | rn i ma. 2 ER | MISSOURI: , BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Geyer, Chas. A. 1842, September 19th Arensville, Illinois TRANSLATION Arensville, Morgan County, Illinois 19th September, 1842 Dr. George Engelmann Dear Doctor, Yesterday I received your letter of the 18th and last Friday the one dated the öth of this month. It seems you did not make any excursions to the Meramec with Riehl. You are against my trip to Florida, but I am sure that after deducting the travel expenses and other expenses, I could still es 150-200 Dollars this winter. I could stay there possibly through next summer or at least through spring. I don't have any hope to be able to go West. I gave up Nicollet and he apparently thinks of me as just a stranger; I wrote him in May that I should like to offer my valuable collection to the National Institute and asked whether he could need some of the local plants in exchange, but he never answered. I don't intend to write to him again, also there is nothing to write. It is also impossible to make the trip to the F. mountains with the Jesuits without funds, since they would not consider my knowledge worth anything, not enough for them to do something for me, but it is worth looking into. Stuart also seems to be very undependable, otherwise he would not have left my letters unanswered. You see that I don't insist on my trip to Florida without good reason, Since in my business as a plant collector I have to make as much or as little as l can; it is of very little value ifI spend the winter doing nothing and be without an income. Therefore, I wrote to our colleague Gottfr. Schütze and asked him to advance me some money, while I could ask Reichenbach to pay the money he got for me to Roeck in Hamburg (Schüt,e's correspondent). If Schitze agrees, I could follow my plan to continue to collect, independent from Nicolett, Stuart and the Jesuits and make me and you happy.---Please help me to carry out this plan as much as your friendship finds it advisable for me and yourself. I also thank you for the 5 Thaler, I still have 5 Thaler left from ;;;;., but have to make some payments.--- I have already collected 90 specimens of Prenanthes illinoesis and since I still have to collect yours and also wish to collect some more things for myself, I have to delay my departure and after you have received this letter, you could still write to me here once more. I have collected the following Aster here: Aster hyssopifolium L. (formerly my A. rigidus) Aster sericeus, dumosus, sagittifolius, turbinellus, squarrosus, Salicifolius, simplex, novae-Angliae, miser, cordifolius, recurvatis, ptmarimicoides; and apart from the last one, I have specimens in sets of 60.--Since I last wrote you U 8 9 10 MISSOURI ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN au I have added Aristida purpurascens, Gentiana rubicola, Phlox suaveoleus, Solidago caesia, Prenanthes illino&sis, Atheropogon.c.cor....j”of Solidago Jatifol., squarrosa, I don't know any. Look at the shores of the Cahokia for Aster Dummondii; it grows between the Indian hills. The Land of the Academy! You know my personal circumstances and therefore know very well that I am forced to give it up; I hope that the committee will soon find an opportunity to lease land. Also, I am especially grateful for the honor of the first offer made to me. Wouldn't it be better if the committee decided to limit the first period to 8 years instead of > years, since then the lessee would be sure to enjoy his profit; while for only 5 years he has to pay #250 rent, furthermore 9250 for fencing=2500 expenses without buildings, etc.... I am happy to see your restraint in Judging the other party with regard to the tariff as an experiment. However, I am unable to understand your patience here, since one knows you usually to be impatience personified. Be convinced that this and every other nation governed by such an elastic government will only experiment to its disadvantage, since it counts the numbers as one of its reasons and how many thousands will vote for 12-1/2 cents?...Please forgive me if I cannot agree with your opinions. Koch and Angelrodt are here the topic of the talk, one is cursing like a tramp and the other like a kettle fixer. A beautiful sign of the one-sided free press, or what else is it? How can such a newSpaper circulate if everybody objects to it?As - far as I know, Angelrodt was never involved with anybody else in a fight which means that he was provoked. It is rather a curse than a blessing if this country is run by newspapers as this one---how many thousands of such editors as Koch one could meet in a small town in Germany with his writing ability? Certainly thousands! I only mention this to let you know since people are talking about the want for liberty on the part of the Germans in St. Louis; I myself am not afraid since I don't intend to stay there very long The vegetation here is receding fast, much faster than in St. Louis. Only Gentians, Solidago & Aster are still in bloom on the prairies. A nervous fever, fever of all kinds are raging here. My health is not too good, but I did not have to take to bed. Dr. Engelbach kept the fever away with your Rocky Mountain pills and is up again. Also, both Kirchers had the fever, but are well now. Everybody sends greetings. Please give my regards to my friends, especially to Gerke and please write me again about Florida. Yours, Chas. A. Geyer 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI: . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Ze Arnımad Fangen 4 In. Dacbr ar | LTD ID ED, ne IE 2 RR EEE ILL un $ E EP FE | can EEE BP IE A 52 2 SEELE u E> 25: 7ER Br 4 — — erh “N ci ee = 2 s en ,ı 10 copyright reserved % MISSOURI: BOTANICAL GARDEN ad. ZEN ER REN TER TEN (AfL A. WM “ Se bh 0 > % MISSOURI: BOTANICAL GARDEN x°) ® >| E ® 72) ® - Fe) Eu DI E a Q, o) © guädVd NNYWTISNI 394039 A NBOUVD TVOINVLOg lUNCSE.f" 7 5 Yon rn eb Geyer, Chas. A. 1842, December 6th Arensville, Ill. TRANSLATION Arensville, Morgan Co., Ill. December 6, 1842 Dr. Geo. Engelmann Dear Doctor, You will probably be angry since I have not appeared yet, but be sure that I am even more angry about this situation; the quick oncome of winter kept me prisoner here before I had finished my preparations for my departure. After I had to stop collecting plants, I started to collect nuts and acorns in order to try to make some- thing out of this; I have 4 barrels and 12 packages, very good seeds. While Hoffmann was in St. Louis, I made an excursion westwards along the Illinois & Sangamon river, however found these woods bare this year; did not see any oaks or nuts; during this trip our tent caught fire and while trying to put it out, I burned my left hand so that I could do hardly anything for the last 2 weeks, I also had difficulties to get the barrels for my seeds and as soon as these were ready, it started to freeze. The man who started to make them, came down with the fever. Today we have again thawing weather and rain, but it began again to freeze. I shall be forced to leave my collection with Hoffmann in Beardstown until the ships are sailing again to St. Louis. Since there is nothing here for me and decency makes it imperative not to continue to exploit any further the kindness and hospitality of these good people, especially Dr. Engelbach's, I must leave. I must admit I don't know how to get to St. Louis; you can imagine that I am very short of Clothes; never in my life was I in such an embarrassing position. However, far be it from me to stay home in the future. Some of the St. Louis Scrip Thaler which I have still left are not accepted here; nothing but silver or gold. Should you be able to send me a draft you would help me out of an incredible need. I wrote to Nicollet about two weeks ag0, told him that you informed me of the arrival of Sir William and asked him, because of our friendship, to ask his (Stuart's) help for me. Since a letter sent from here is not certain to arrive and this as any other might have been lost, it might be good if you also would contact N. because of me. N. can do everything he wants with Stuart. Perhaps he doesn't like to write to me because then he would also have to write to you, for instance, and to many of his other friends in St. Louis. Apart from the petty angry feelings I have about him, I am really curious to know what he is doing now, whether he is in good health and well 7 8 10 MıSsoUuRrI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN er and still has his office; I have not heard from him since April 12th. Has Fremont returned? Probably he also was caught by the early winter. Should it be true that Stuart does not want to have anything to do with me, since this depends on his disposition of the moment, there won't be any opportunity for me to take any extensive trips to the West....One can hardly count on any further trips by Nicollet and Fremont since if they wanted, and since the money is there, they would already have done So; in any event, the end was probably the Fremont expedition to Arizona.; by the way, that the government sponsors such expeditions and on the other hand does not support scientific research is certainly not right and is in direct opposition to the eagerness it shows in establishing institutions, for instance the National Institute. Greetings from your friends Mr. and Mrs. Kircher, I shall spend the evening with them. Dr. Engelbach also sends his best greetings. Please let me have a letter from you soon c/o Hoffmann, Beardstown. Please give my greetings to Dr. Wislizenus and Brown; I hope that the latter will be married when this letter arrives, I have no doubt about it. Please give my best regards to your dear wife and also to Riehl if you have an opportunity. Yours, Chas. A. Geyer 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI° . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN v ! Aec*= Tui = 42: ax ze) RR OS WERELLEN. en... 29 I. A ZIY ELF N > IR na 2 A 39 Ei | 8 CH - er 94 er - ee " = SHE “ an u e ae an er Em ee DI FREI IR ante Dr ERDE ae a — 4 2 a a an Pe Ze nr ee Tun EN BT u £ A DZ | 2 re. L ec _. u BR ERBE Hrn a wir er ze nn ZZ BR 4 — 4, n/a . FE : , Be ö 77 ige L- fu 2 BER IE, O5 Be n E En RL $ h GL: 4 ER ni x, we SL e — 7, I OR T > i Bye „SB BE en 00 A Aue JO> £ SL PR = rn Re Be / 4- En 2 Re. 7 FA “yyiread vr pe ANERL r ne ze . Fo Elan af Zug Abe 0 Ge BA r2 Enpeclem ‚en © u r7 =: 7? Sf v x % EEE iv u Bu; A 2 be, I Mn nn Po 4 - Ma yr As Ann i u i >. G . 4 s T Er Rh, | I a ER ya } u BL . u ” | % TR RF > | / “ REN ee, en 4 rd a a GE x ; 4 8 e) 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN FELL ERBE BITE SW NET TALN > ea a EI EREEREN ETEEN Arte a ar Ama LEE - Be Dh ED FE REEL % f 7 ee 62 j EA PER > BG CORN E) EEE SEES EEE We N 3 en en nQAs mn. N NE, IND \ nd 5 L v > 1 ern . — he Pr [4 4 _ £ ae % 5; pen IE i “ | 0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ee copyright reserved vr a en He N N 3. Bu ulm e - wi - ren ” nn age ange en 020 937 = ä ae 7 ’ e a 1 (#3 % MIıSSsOoOURI BOTANICAL oO has O ® > es ® N © Be Pe) in ‚D® m >) QO, oO © ne RL e (a Y 2 A cuzsls JiNY a E) i a‘ 12) a RD 0 ehe rr Geyer, Chas. A. 1842, Dece,ber 22nd Arensville, Ill. TRANSLATION Arensville, Morgan Co.,Illinois 22nd Dec. 1842 Dr. George Engelmann Dear Doctor, Yesterday I received your letter of the 15th of this month and first of all let me thank you for the draft enclosed therein. At the same time I received a letter from Mr. Duchatel in Baltimore dated July 29th.--It had been left in St. Louis; Mr. Duchatel writes me that Nicollet had spent the last winter with him and that his health is very weak. Nicollett had asked him to let me know that urgent business kept him from answering my letter immediately and that he would soon do so and with interest, -- accordingly, this letter was left for me with Dr. Pempp or somewhererin St. Louis. He ends his letter: "please to express my sincere regards to our mutual friend Dr. Engelmann together with my respects for Mrs. Engelmann". Had I received this letter at the right time, I might have taken steps to engage in some business here, but since then a letter from home kept me from following this plan and to add to all this are the bad local prospects. However, in order not to mess up my life I have to think seriously about earning some money here or to obtain in any way possible. Please be patient with me if l am deviating from the normal course of our correspondence. I have debts in St. Louis which I want and must pay and there are no prospects here to make this possible, if Stuart cannot be won over for me, which I have no doubt my friends in St. Louis could do if they would speak for me. Apparently one cannot count on any further trips by Nicollet, his influence disappeared with Gratiot and Painscott Loos. The correspondence from the Jardin des Plantes which is limited entirely to cryptogams would force me to go either north or south since here we are very poor in such things, one can collect a great deal, but not enough to cover the expenses and how much would a 100 bring?--- Such speculations are not worth the effort and the lost years. It is an entirely different thing if one could undertake a journey which would bring honor and at the same time double or triple profits. Such a thing I would consider a trip with Stuart; therefore, I ask you to accept my viewpoint until I myself can come to St. Louis in case Stuart arrives there before I do. Howsggr, you write me 'what to do there and how live there'? At the end of your lette#/fention 'I would just load my wagon with my things and then go around aimlessly'? I might have done just that if I had an opportunity; however, the freight from Beardstown to St. Louis amounts to 75 ets. per 100, this comes up to quite a sum and nobody would do it for nothing or for less. And furthermore one has to take into account the thawing weather, rain, 7 8 9 10 Mıssourı : BOTANICAL copyright reserved ee nd etc. and the damage would be irrepairable. However, the ice on the Illinois is not very thick and up to 30 miles below Beardstown the river is now free; also it would not freeze up again if the temperature would not climb up to 5° Reaumar. Today we have 6° Reaumur and a strong northwestern wind so that it is almost unbearable to go outside. Now to your wishes. Assuming that I was your debtor and for many other reasons give you the number of plants you mentioned, what should I do with the rest of my collection? I have always collected 60 and sometimes 50 specimens and that of 100 species, if these are torn apart, the value of the entire collectiön would be minimal. It is impossible to sell specimens here or anywhere else if one does not get what the other person also has himself, nobody is interested to sell such specimens since it only causes trouble and there are not enough friends who would do it. Riehl knows that as well as I do and has even more experience.--I leave it up to your decision since I am convinced that you do not want me to suffer such a loss; and I am convinced if you would reduce the number of some species a little bit, it would satisfy both of us. I am sorry I could not start immediately to help you. My specimens are mostly of very large plants which fill the entire sheet and I would have to pack sheets and sheets upon one another and I would use paper and bulk; the latter is almost impossible to obtain here for money. Should I disturb these packages now, I would break apart my most beautiful specimens by changing their position; I never had more beautiful preserved plants. Everybody here is of the opinion that the river would be free soon, even though the wind and weather is not very advantageous now; however, should it not be free by New Year, Schneider in Beardstown is going to send a wagon to St. Louis and I should entrust my plants with him, pack them well and go with him myself. Perhaps you could wait for your plants until then. Of course, I don't know how important the letter from the Jardin des Plantes might be, whether it was written by director of the Garden, whether it is for private purposes or for the institution, all these things have to be taken into account before making any efforts. Furthermore, I don't think it advisable to make any promises before this gentleman has made some advance payments; I don't trust the French, they make the prices themselves if they found a fool. However, whatever you think of this offer, I am willing to do.--Now something about the sciences.--My Ericala marginata is entirely different from all descriptions by the local Germans in this area, Torrey and Gray did not compare very well, since 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI:° ‚ BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN -5- their description is good. I also remember this plant from Germany where I had to drag it up for every apothecary examination. I have called in Ericala coronata since among thousands of specimens I never saw a flat one; I shall also write to Torrey and Gray about this and send them a specimen.--My Veronica which I found in 38 at St. Peters and which I lost with my collection, (I have sent you a drawing thereof) I have found again and called it Veronica verbasiculum (?) and shall send it there also with the former..... I am still pretty bad off with regard to my most necessary needs. If you could do something for me in this respect I shall repay you richly.... I] have convinced the people here to grow grapes and have succeeded. I have started a vineyard for Dr. Engelbach on one acre and more neighbors are following the example according to the ways I planted it. Give my greetings to everybody and especially to Mr. Kimm, I should very much like to talk to him. Gratefully yours, Chas. A. Geyer. 10 MISSOURI: . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Mer? 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TRANSLATION Westport, Jackson Co., Missouri 11 May 1843 Dear Doctor, This moment Sublett arrived here with 50 mules and drove them to the camp, the prices for the animals are rather high here and one can't get a mule under 35 Dollars and almost no pony which could survive such a journey. Sublett told me he would get me a good pony tomorrow or day after tomorrow. By the way, I have not yet joined the camp since I was looking around up to now for an animal and enjoyed the hospitality of Hornungs together with Lüders. Richters is going to give me some dollars if it should become necessary since I am still hoping that the prices for animals will go down before too long. Sublett has more left over which, however, are too expensive for me. Stuart said to Dr. Marsch that Audubon "had found him in a soft moment'"' when he recommended Matthea to him, he is much in his way and he wished he were somewhere else. All kinds of devilish things were done on the boat to "Doctor Matthea' as he calls himself, once they let him ride on a hickory, then they filled him full of whisky with a fuhhel in his throat; Stuart's servants pushed him once or twice into the garbage. Nevertheless, I don't care to have this brat sitting at my table. The steward told me that I and he and Gordon would be in one cabin. I had to pay my passage myself, the clerk of the boat came to me and told me that the steward had told him that he did not have anything to do with me; therefore, I had to pay myself. However, all these are trifles, the main thing remains. It would be much better without this brat Matthea, he is the dirtiest human being I have ever seen. I have not collected yet, of course, also I still have many worries and no animal of my own, furthermore I did not see anything new. Lüders and 1 ate at Dr. Smet's and he is kind enough to take thesgletteiswith him to St. Louis. 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BOTANICAL copyright reserved DAR DEN MISSOURI: , BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN CA: EGFZA a MISSOURI: BOTANICAL x®) ® > Be ® 172] ® Dos Pe) im D es >) QO, O © Geyer, Chas. A. 1843, May 16th Westport, Mo. TRANSLATION Westport, Mo., 16th May 1843 Dear Doctor, Only today I bought myself a pony and tomorrow or day after tomorrow we shall probably depart. I was unable to obtain a good animal for less than 35 Dollars. For the pony which Sublett ordered for me I was supposed to pay even 40 Dollars. I bought the one I own now from Richters and gave him a draft of yöurs for the part I did not have, just as you wrote me to do; the draft is drawn on Angelrodt, Eggers & Barth and it should be easy for him. Yesterday, Sir William gave me the order to tell this disgusting Matthea to leave the camp immediately and for good since he realized he was nothing but a fool and an ignorant and awkward person. This rude fellow is rolling around drunk in the woods surrounding Westport. It seems he saved me the trouble of telling him since I have not seen him since yesterday noon and he probably ran away. Mr. Hagender, Lüders and Dr. Marsch are sending greetings. It is incredible what a fortress of wagenss is byilding up around Westport in order to go to Oregon. Every day more are coming. I only regret that Dr. Smet is not going with us or is not leading himself his well equipped caravan; I can only hope he won't regret to have entrusted it to an inexperienced person. One of the gentlemen who joined Sir William's party was arrested yesterday in Westport by the sheriff from Independence and accused of having used in New Orleans 4O thousand Dollars in Treasury notes...Sir William is very angry about this incident and it is not good to come close to him. It is very possible that Lüders and I will spend the winter with the Jesuites, at least I still have hope ... I shall write you again from Fort Laramie and from then on at every opportunity I have. All letters arriving for me you probably better send on to me via the Father of the Jesuit College in St. Louis; since it might be too insecure to use the fur company since I don't know when I shall arrive at Fort Laramie. Lüders now has a mule for 35 Dollars and has much trouble obtaining a second one, but will probably be able to this week. I shall have to put shoes on my horse and then I shall go to the camp which I have not seen yet since Lüders and I enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. Hornüng in Westport. However, my luggage is in the camp and I told Sir William if he should find it too much to let me know, but he said I should take everything with me. Farewell for 4 weeks or two months. Should I have an opportunity in the meantime to write you I shall not let it go by. Give my greetings to Nicollet when you write him as well as to my other friends and acquaintances. Gratefully yours, Chas. A. Geyer 7 8 9 10 MıssoUuRI . 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BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN a iog, nn = in aa en rn N a Sr RR L N % RR TIEREN ET RET ENT GI IE REIT a UL se r er 88 ANDe 1 2 3 7 8 e) 10 MISSOURI: BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Geyer, Chas. A. 1844, April 6th Fort Colville on the Columbia. TRANSLATION Fort Colville at the Columbia on the confluence of the Clark River, April 6, 1844. Dear Doctor: This is the last opportunity I have to write to you. A letter dated the 6th or öth may have been received by you from Honolulu. This via Columbia proper above the Rocky Mountains to the Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior and Montreal or Halifax.-- The winter has not been very cold here, but with much snow, but what they call here little snow and the vegetation began to break out already during the first weeks in March ... Drummondi or Douglas were the first to be in bloom, next came a yellow Liliana with a pendulous flower similar to Eryth. divaricata or J\ Claytonia, one of the same, but bulbous, on f "Polemonium?, several small and large bulbous Umbiliffereae with white, golden and purple flowers, furthermore a blooming beautiful Dodecatheon, Saxifr. granulata, Hedyotis with slender somewhat dentate leaves, a beautiful Palmoria (similar to the sibirica), several Ceraeus, one small- leaved Collinia, Arabis aurea?, one Leavenworthia, quite lovely and .....Wyethia helianthoides cover almost all sunny mountain bluffs and the quite frequent Berberis Aquifolium will bloom in a few days ... Juniperus andina is common in the mountains near the waterfalls of the Columbia, but I did not see any since Il left Platte.... The bluffs or cliffs of the Columbia are here still about 1500 to 2000 feet above sea level, but have few trees. ... I wrote you that Fremont has returned via California. The immigrants found it better to change from the unhealthy climate of Wohlmut valley to the richer and more beautiful of California; people who had been there more than 20 times assure me "it is worth an effort to go there'"'.--They also talk about Oregon and Missouri and that it is just terrible there. Officers of the Hudson Co. told me that all over the place cattle can be found in California, is breeding well and supposed to be the descendants of two cows and one bull which Commodore Anson (& Britisher) set on land about 60 years ago. About 12 years ago there were so many that the people had to kill masses of them to preserve the grass. ...Hemp, iron and wood, all three together in one place can sometimes become the wealth of the nation. The Chinese need ships and they are not only the ones who lack wood to build ships. In such a mess,the government should take over and not the squatters! ---The Columbia is no good as a travel road, it is full of eddies and waterfalls and nobody would dare to go on it before making his last will and testament. It is also impossible to build a road into the interior from the coast even if one would make a tunnel through the blue mountains, the rest can be done only by pack animals. The wood 7 8 | 9 10 MISSOURI:° . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN “er could be put together in floats and run down the rivers even though the eddies may change the position of the logs, they let loose of them again. A guesome river!--- As soon as I became acquainted with some of the foresters, I learned that Sir “m. Stuart does not have the best reputation here because of serious affronts against the hospitality in Vancouver. I cannot understand that Stuart could give me a letter of recommendation since he must remember his stay there. ... But nevertheless, I hope I will be accepted as friendly as I was here in Fort Colville. ...McDonald here in Colville contributes to the British Museum, and is a correspondent of Hooker's and an honorary member of the Botanical Society of London. Indeed, the officers of the Hudson Company form a rather good scientific Corps. As I heard, Fremont did not feel too happy among them and tales are spread here about him which sound incredible to me, but unfortunately I have to admit that I discovered some of F.'s character in them and therefore believe that some of it might be true.-- In any event, Fremont cannot be surpassed as far as quickness is concerned...His marches for instance, were done quick. Mr. McDonald knows Pursh, found him once at the shore going down the St. Lawrence River in a canoe with Mr. Laidlow of the American Fur Co., with an ugly, dirty woman, both drunk. But he followed his invitation and went with him to Montana where Governor Selkirk took care of him, he gave lectures in his house to a large audience. However, he followed his addietion for drink and just wandered off again. Pursh came from a good family, I used to know his brother who is a reputable man in Dresden. Douglas looked for him everywhere and, as you know, found his grave on the island of Hawaii; when he (Pursh) went tkere to visit the people, he found ditches or dug-outs set up as traps for wild cattle, once he saw one with an opening in the middle and curious to see what was in it, he put down his luggage, and returned a few steps and came too close to the covered part of the dug-out and fell in and lost his life just like a trapped ox.--Captain Suter, a man most Germans in St. Louis know, is, as I heard from an officer of the Hudson Co., Governor per forde, in California. In the spring of last year, he went with his team and two canons against Mexican soldiers, beat them completely, together with their Governor for a wide area which he unfortunately became through some sort of bribery. I was told he is never sober, but always drunk. Mr. Flügge is not with him as is being told in St. Louis, but only keeps his accounts. His trade in cattle and skins is supposed to be quite large. The jocal Indians are the most disgusting centaurs in the shape of human beings I ever saw. Greedy, dirty, gluttenous and cunningly dangerous. If one read the reports of the Missions one would think that heaven is full of Indians and the ones still living in Oregon are pious heros. One is inclined to say with the poet: "Hell is % 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI NICAL BOTAN copyright reserved GARDE n u Zu empty and all devils are here!" During the month I am here, a letter arrived from northern Oregon for Mr. McDonald from an officer of the company telling him that the Indians killed two of his messengers he had sent out the same day and ate them--supposedly not by the men, but by the women! -- Murder anddsuicidesare quite common among them ... It is certain that the coming of the white men made them so horrible. Officer Ogden who has been in this area for 36 years is now taking a year's vacation in the United States to visit his friends and at the same time is taking with him two manuscripts which show the Oregon as it really is. I am now his roommate and he has read to me great parts of it. Other gentlemen of the Co. are also busy with literary works; they have a library at Vancouver and the books are circulating constahtly; we have now Lyells geolagy and the Asiatic Journal. It is a different life than in the fort of the American CH. ?--- The entire area has been exploited by botanists except the territory of the Skitwich Indians which I left last December and where I shall go again day after tomorrow to collect there. Mr. McDonald is writing to Hööker concerning a new species of Melocactus which Douglas found near Fort Wallawalla and only left a description of it; I shall try to find this. Itis supposed to be one foot high and to have a diameter of 2/3 foot. I shall also like to have the Lewisia rediviva of which I already have seeds, it will bloom soon. I have yet to see any Carex this spring. 4 or 5 species of grasses are all that can be found on the meadows. A shrub-like Penstemon grows on the mountains at the Columbia with the fruits from last year! Did not see any anemone. One sp. of Viola similar to the smallest V. cucull. ... Transportation over these mountains is not easy and rather expensive, I almost don't know how to do it. The devil can have science without money, but something has to be done.--- I should like to send my collection to St. Louis, but it seems impossible. One does not dbdethese things beforehand. The best field for botany is Fort Laramie in Platte and from there to the Black Mountains and to the Missouri and that is probably what Hooker meant. There is an entirely new field in the Spanish areas. Taos and the territories of Estavos (?) and Pojontas (?), all easy to reach from Laramie, but dangerous. Asceverybody else, I was disappointed in Oregon, its vegation is pecul- jarly monotonous. All I can do is to collect the best in masses, I am convinced I have more new things from the level part, but cannot say so for certain. I intend to make the best of the journey and at the same time go home. I am very worried about my debts which I left behind me in St. Louis, especially Kimms and Küchenthaäis, but hope that you already made plans to sell, also help for me should have arrived from home in the meantime. Please let me know everything in your letter and tell 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN lt everybody I shall do everything to get rid of my debts.--The ungratefullness which was the Hudson Company!s reward for all their help to the missioners and the missions decided then not to help anybody at all, an order to this effect was received from the General Council in London; and therefore this makes things more difficult for me; however, I was given hope to receive help with a ship and passage to Omahu (Hon- olulu). I should be the happiest person as soon as I set foot on the boat and leave this continent behind me. What is Nicollet doing? Is he in St. Louis? I hope he is still alive! If this is the case, give him my greetings; I would have liked to write to him at least once more, but did not know where he was and was not sure of an answer from him, so I have reason to leave him out too. I forgive him for all his promises, but I regret that I never received one of his charts. Next September, or perhaps later, I shall take passage to Omahu and from there to China via the Cape of Good Hope and from there to London. I hope to be in London by this time next year. My creditors have to be patient until that time, I know it is a long time, but it can't be changed. Once at home, I shall start a differ- ent life and shall give up botanizing. I am tired of it, mostly because the funds for it are so minimal. Douglas said the same thing when he was here änd is living a poor life now. Honor be to the Professors! I shall do it differently and won't have anything to do with it anymore. As I heard from Dr. Whitman from the Presb. Mission in Wallawalla, Lüders is well, at least left his house last October in good health; but he confirmed the rumor that Lüders had an attack of dropsy. Since that time I have not heard from him, but shall probably meet him on my way. Please, will you be so kind to give my best greetings to all who so kindly remember me; especially Gerke, Rooge, Mr. Kichenthal and Mr. Hutawa, Weber, etc. and also Mr. Lindheimer and Riehl. ...Even though I am far away from you, I am still on the North American continent. And when I leave it, there is always the possibility that I might not see you again. Therefore, I am willing to make any sacrifice to be sure of your further correspondence. Please give my respects to your dear wife. The express mail is due to arrive any minute and I have to stop now. Letters have to be carried on foot through the mountains and since the Hudson Co. has many packages to go, they do me a favor of taking this letter with them. 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L- 7 G r we 7 E90 IR on A ey Di er & Fe” de - a. 7 ” ; 127 Bear 0 Ir er 5 [4 „PR > ur 3 ; Ct eg - L ! ae og > I TA Hr BET HAL A AMT. oo « 5 r ce“ u Bz +, To » ei ee E 7 Fa # £ ee, i S u 7 MET ee ar/ ee. len ee er e Fer R ze ue- zu ee. 27. 7 1/ 7 5 a = Y \ >, “ G . 2 HE f De ri ® 7 5 » ” Beten / -e-Z- ct, - : BT + 2) >> MRS ER TE er aeg ar -u-SB—-- or 1 Pa er 07 PERRTE, ea FF BR gu , ” ee U FE € Irre, Ä Zu Zee ER 04 e-- an 10 MIıSsoURI ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Geyer, Chas. A. 1845, January 11 Honolulu TRANSLATION Honolulu, Omahu, January 11, 1845 AMEN WAA Aus Dr. George Engelmann Dear Doctor, You received my last letter from Fort Colville 1843 which I sent with Officer Ogden via Canada. Should you not have received it, please inquire with Mr. Campbell (Sublette & Campbell) through who/hands it should have reached you. As usual I am getting around and am very busy. I was lucky to find a new, up to now unknown field, the mountains of Coeur d'Aline or the Skitsoe Indians on the upper Spokane "River and the mesa of Nez-Perce on the upper Salmon River and Kootenai(?). The total number of my specimens is almost 11,000, of which perhaps 2-1/2 thousand were somewhat damaged during the transport, which is hardly avoidable on all these many rivers. All specimens were selected with great care and dried. The number of species is not large, hardly more than 400, the reason is that I did not ‚think it worthwhile to collect plants which can be found at the Missouri and near St. Louis. Others and rarer ones I collected in masses. In my opinion I have a new very beautiful Cypripodium between spectabile and canadense in my co&lectiön, I found it in the woods of Pinus resinosa abowe 250 feet .... mesa of Nez Perce at the Salmon River. At the same place another new sp. of Gymandra; one Thaspium,--I have four new species of Penstemon, if I am not very much mistaken and count 18 species of this genus, which I collected all during the former trips and found 10 on my last trip; there are species which Douglas might have found.... I collected many seeds, also bulbs of Calochortus, Lewisia etc. near Coeur d’Aline and found Trillium with the stem 3-4" long under the ground, leaves round as circles and large and leather-like with 3-4" thick leave styles and a sitting reddish-brown flower ... grows in clusters next to each other in swampy, sunny meadows. Everything here is strange to me and I have much to do. I cannot even think of giving you a detailed report of my last trip. This is a place where is probably more luxury than in any other city of the world. Money is here the word for 'God". These islands are beautifully situated, one could call them the hotel of the Pacific. The climate is "distressingly healthy", only four doctors are in Honolulu and none of them has anything to do}--I almost stayed here. However, today learned that everything is prepared for me to go to London. It is possible that I Fr 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI } BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN AZ tearned-that-everythingis-prepared-forme-to-go to-Londens--It-is-possibte-that-I might return here and look into the agricuitural situation of the Sandwich Islands, if nothing should prevent it. This isa magic field for a botanist and there is always a clear sky, within 2-3 miles one can find all the climates of the tropics up the northern more temperate ones. The woods are full of Cocos, Pandamus, Draceana up to the mesa where wheat is already ripening. Arum.....is the main plant of the islands, bananas, batatas, papaver, bread fruit and tropical fruits of all kinds can be found in abundance. Plantations of coffee, oranges, sugar cane and "the shade trees of hibiscus...Grassy spots of southern Digitaria or Elensine, beautifully green, cover everything ... Huge cacti, Opunt., Cereus triangularus & grandiflora are growing over the garden walls. Opuntia 20 feet high covered with fruits and flowers... I have been invited to a meal by Dr. Judd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and called on the Governor Kekauloa, saw the princes and princesses. The king is not here, he lives on Maui, but will soon come here since his palace is almost finished now. All high officials are wearing uniforms and it is rather odd to see a chief of an island tribe in uniform; they are huge men. The children of royal blood receive a good education, speak English fluently and are conducting themselves according to their thöhsr here are apparently common property and the island man does not talk of "his wife", but of "our wife". Men of the lower classes walk around almost naked,---women in dresses of tasteful calico in bold colors and usually wear a wreath of flowers in their. hair. They are not modest, take a bath in the harbor and swim around the ships. At a society affair, one finds the island people dressed accord- ing to the latest fashion as well as naked or only wearing a sash around the loins. One fort in the harbor and another one on an old crater are defen ing the city.--- Soldiers, about 200 men and mostly without shoes for comfort and police body, also in uniform keep the swarms of sailors from ships from all parts of the world under control. Complete orderliness and security is enjoyed by every visitor here. The city is a mixture of palaces and huts ...Nothing can surpass the luxury and good taste of the architecture of the houses and the interior decoration, considering the climate; nothing the easiness they/to each other...only white ladies can be seen in wagons drawn by island people.--Men are riding Californian horses and in the same taste. I could give you many more examples, but have to stop. I shall fulfill my obligations towards you and all others as soon as I can. I only ask you to be not too strict with me all at once; you see Il worked much and I cannot do more, I was too poor and when I am thinking back, I can't believe how I made it. I suffered much 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI:° ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 5m last spring, suffered from hunger for two weeks and have lived for three weeks off horse meat and pine bark... Believe me, I was sorry to have to leave this beautiful field which would have room for 150 botanists in all directions, especially, however in the Black Hills and in the area of the Missouri springs, North California and New Caledonia. I find that the income or profit of such a trip is insufficient to cover the expenses--therefore, I thought it best to stop. Lüders lost everything at Portage a little bit below the cascades of the Columbia, fortunately, he himself walked along the shore, otherwise he would have been drowned as the five others. He walked from the Columbia River here, the south bluffs gave him a free passage and from here he took passage to Valparaiso where he fortunately met the French research expedition and is probably now traveling in Patagonia. Here, he lived the worst eircumstances, I hope he is doing well now and that his health has improved. At Port Wallawalla I met the botanist the Earl of Danby who collected in the summer at Jasper's House, owned about 4-500 specimens, ahad bad weather and passed through a waterfall which soaked all his things. From there he went with an officer of the Hudson Company to Fort Hall and from there down on the St. Sacramento. He has a salary of 100 pounds sterling annually for travel expenses, spent 3 weeks in Southern Africa, with Droege and Eckton. Please give greetings to all my acquaintances and friends and tell them I shall fulfill all my obligations. Especially Gerke could soon get a coffer full of Spanish Thalers if he were here--I wish I was a Gerke at this moment k--Never before has here been a real artist. Several @ermans here, all young men, are well and conduct themselves in such a manner that the Germans are well received here and I have a hard time to follow all invitations and social affairs. I hope that since you received my last letter you have not changed your mind concerning myself. I wrote you that letter when I was rather sick, and ask you to protect my name as much as possible. If I can take time off this evening, I shall write a letter to Gerke. Let me know how you are and give my best to your dear wife. Embracing you in true friendship, Chas. E. Geyer rn 7 ö 9 10 MISSOURI ; BOTANICAL copyright reserved Be EB FA v “> __ : 5 Dh, we 2 si g? . |. a Be. ri : er FREE = > E ee a a ae e & u ?: en ; | on in L > Fe IN - ? 2 23 a, TZ. ug Fu eg I | ! - ge‘ u, : = ee | A or R der Fi IL 7 $ Ar em. £r RE a ° Pe eK o- 2 R Fu ud I Der r & 3 a nn ee SER TIFNA * Sa > "ZI ge Ge a a —-r a = Are Eee u FE SR er er u j ee = 5 = a3 Ba FR > 0 nd —Ä = ze, nen ak a Ba ds Er i en GA 57 a ö =: a Ninz nn vf EEE Em — er a _ 7 len ; Du Be, > | ö en MH > oy4 4 Z 6 e e E 15 Be ET AR EB — a ap EL. > FT \ » ie B . -23 a: 09 ee EI 77 a Ei er ? 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TRANSLATION Dear Geyer, I learned only now from Hooker that you are in England and that you arrived there some time ago, I have received from Westport, from the Greenrivers and the Spokane river and from the Sandwich Islands; on the other hand you apparently did not receive my letter which I sent 1844 through „oesoe... I already told you in that letter long ebefore I receivdd your letter of January 1844 that I considered you were overhasty and that I could not believe that you would persevere in this opinion very long. I did not write to you in England since I did not know when and if you would go there; but I was bery much surprised not to receive a letter from you after you arrival there, especially so had to fulfill certain obligations there which you had towards me andothers,-- How you will do this now, I leave up to you and expect your suggestions,. I should have thought you should have sent me a complete aet of your collection and we would have reached an agreement later how far this should go to pay your debts, Should you have encountered misfortunes dvring you trip or higher expenses than we originally figured, I would not have been the man tb take uway KHEXKxufxks you hard gainedprofits; in fact you can thank me that you creditors did dxax not confiscate your still unsold collections from England and Germany since I strongly objected to that. However, your behaviour towards Hooker from whom you received so much support, was very embarrassing to me. I hope youhave found ways and means to correct that, otherwise I would not be able to forgive myself to have drawn his attention to you, Now our accounting,. You owed me. You owed me for June $ 69,69,.Should I have your Illinois plants for $ 3.00 per 100, i.e. 2323 specimens; From the rest I was supposed to keep one specimen for you and one for König und the rest I was to sell for your account.-- I made up 20 collections of 150 specimens each, i.e. 3000 which I tried to sell here and in England. And 30 collectiüäns of 100 specimens each, which again are 3000 which I sent to Germany; of both onlg fery few were bought even though I set the price very low; $ 6.00 for the first ones and 10 Gulden for the second. The expenses fof these collections amount to $ 23.00, for labels printing $ 9,00, paper 6,25, cardboafäe1.75 and freight 5.00; -- Up"dow, as far as I know, approx. 5 or 6 of the $ 150.00 have been sold and 10 of the $ 100.00... Please let me know what you wish me to do with your property, | 4 8 9 10 MISSOURI ’ BOTANICAL copyright reserved ee ww. ae en Er er SLR Ak El + =. A-2 -we r rer 5. > [& 57 a , ; „>? 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Brtnnin I 7 Rt, E£ sB er 2 r- Hr ud De P72 IA Po ur LG >? er Br PEPPER _ AT + ” LA Ba gr Be 0 ch z FE: £f + #: Aey ı 4 un s Ser ” : 7 HHG- at pi ee AG IE PROER BRUT er u ne f ) . #, ar = 2 V br La LAAD A ee A E % MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN 7 7.00 8 Be er r m ‚ # ” Wr, er we Fr ra FR / > ) re, a a | Fr: 7 , Geyer, C, A, 18546, March Dresden, Germany 9th TRANSLATION Dresden, 9th March 1846, Dear Doctor, Today I received your letter of the 16th of January after I have waited for an answer since September, I wrote you on the 1dth or 19th of June after I had recovered somewhat since I was so sick I almost died in London a few days after I arrived there, As you rightly assumed I have not received nor found any letter from you and came to the conclusion that you had not received my various letters, except the unfortunate first one, At that time I wrote you from London some profit out of my last trip. Taking egerything in account I have kft ! 22 Prussian Thalers! and lots of worries and failing health, ... I am rather embarrassed to write to you and make any suggzestions as to how to pay off my debts, as you asked me to. My misfortune was agsravated by a loss of a letter containing 25 pounds sterling of which I was able to save 11 pounds, the rest of 1’: pounds were a present from the king. Sir William Stewart paid the travel expenses for me which amounted to 100 pounds sterling. The journey caused me so much physical exhaustion which nobody can bear. You will get an idea of that of my journal which will bepublished in Hooker's London Journal of Botany in continuations beginning in September and going on for several months, I am again a good friend of Hooker's and am sorry for this incident; I shall give you a short report of this matter.--Some days after my recovery and still very weak, I worked on my collection at Kew Gardens; Sir William came and looked over my collection and admitted that most of the things were unknown to him; he was especially interested in a tiny specimen of Trifolium and one of Thlaspsi from the black hills, I had 200 species ready for him to look at and asked him whether he wished me to send these to his residence and he said "yes", I sent them overin the evening. Against his custom, I did not see him for the next 5 or 6 days. During this time I had a short relapse; and on the 6th day, quick and unexpected Sir Wm,. and curator Smith came into the room where I worked. Without saying "good morning", Sir William looked at me agrily, bumping his umbrella on the floor and asked me "where are all the specimens?" I, surprised at his excited conduct, did not know what he wanted and answered, of course "that I did not under- stand him'', Then he repeated his question and added "where did they go?" Again, (under standing him a little better,) I said "here they are except those which I sent to your residence"; no!" he replied excitedly and added "where some sent to Germany?'' Now I understood him. He assumed that I had sent the best of my collection to Germany, while I believed he was referring to the agreement I signed for you which said that you had free disposal of the collection, and therefore did not consider the collection | 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI: . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN m my own at all, which however, he did not really know about, as he said later, Now it so happendd that he was looking among the 200 species for the above mentioned Trifol,. and Thlapsi and did not find them. The violence he showed when he thousht I had gone behind his back, made my angry since I was weak and irritable anyway, and since I had written him previously that I had made this collection upon his recommendation and that I gave it to him since I have bden tired of it for many years. I could very well have left out some malicious words which made him so excited, that I believe he wrote you in the heat of his anger. It was the fact that I said that people with grey hair should think twice before they speak, After three weeks we made up again; however, he shows some- times that there is still a little bit of bad feeling left. ... Without expectation of any profit, I send monthly deliveries of my descriptions of Oregon and Missouri territory, especially regarding their flora(they cost me every time 2 Prussian Groschen postage) to Sir Wm. Hooker and this will go on for some more months, since also the description of Dakotah & Iowa territories, Ill. & Missouri is to follow, Hooker gave me apresent of 7 pounds sterling and that was when I needed it most; he also paid for the collection I am working on; but my expenses, loss of time etc, come up to much more than that, Tired as I am of everything in connection with the collection, I am can hardly think aboty it with disgust, I still work with some interest at the description of the wild areas in order I say someshink I saw and give the people an idea of the strenousness of such an undertaking. The whole will amount to quite a decent description and will be original in its kind and if you will permit it, I shall dedicate this work to you as a small token of my appreciation of your friend- ship. I shall write to Sir Wm. and tell him that you are not a subscriber to his monthy journal and ask him to send you some sheets he has left, You accuse me rightly of not having sent you a set of my complete collection of plants, Here, I have tote frank, Acoprding to the contract I mad with you, 5000 of my specimens belong to you. Up to the incident with Sir Hooker as I described it above, it was also my opinion that the entire collection was at your disposal. I was satisfied with this ans would even have gone to debtor's prison in order to keep my word, but since I then had all the efforts and had to pay the high cost of living in London, I considered this paragraph to be invalid, Furthermore, Sir Hooker # owned the first colledtion; a I confess that you should have had the second and you also would have received it if I did not need money so badly in order to breathe, I offered you a collection of 100 rare plants and = U 8 9 1 0) MıSSOoOUuRI BOTANICAI copyright reserved GARDEN 36 many duplicates, but never received a:letter from you and since Mr, Schneider who saw you in July did not bring any news from you, I reached the conclusion &hat you were ignoring me. I still have the collection and the duplicates and only feel disgust at the idea of unpacking and sending it to you. I am looking for an opportunity to do this and you probably will be more satisfied with that than with my complete collection, Unfortunately, I have save every penny to live since Steward in Scotland had not yet made any arrangements for me, especially since he had already advanced me money for a full year. However, I shall write to Gerke in order to hear when he is leavigg again and should Stewart not a@t soon, I might return myself, however, married. If peace were to end here, this might expedite my intention. Today I received 16 pound sterling from a correspondent in London which, however, changed hands within 10 minutes since I had to repay an advance I received in London. My sickness, even though the doctor did not charge me much, still cost $ 100, since one has to pay for every small service, That is how things are with me and this report about my circumstances will hopefully make you more patient with me and leave me time to sell the collections, I intend to put another ad in the Regenburger Bot. Zeitung and if I had a list of what I already sold, I also would write to some botanists, ... Please feel free to dispose of anything I might still have left with you or Mr, Riehl. It will not be much, but might help a little to pay some of my debts and please be assured that I would have saved you all this effort if it had been possible in any way for me to do so. I recommended my Illinois collection to Mr, Bennett in London he promised to subscribe to it as well as Mr. von Roemer here, everybody was satisfied, The collection which I kept for the king here, ba may also be sold, he does not have any time for such hings.--- Now I have answered your harsh and strong letter, Please, believe me that that I never thought it of you that you would make me lose my hard earned profits, But since apparently other people whom I owe money forced your hand, I should have defended myself if I had not been soo sick, but my illness made me indifferent to anything.-- Please be so kind to take back the me microsoope for the highest price, also if you can sell Sprengel's System etc, I am very much obliged to you for your care and friendship with which you defended my reputation and my property; please continue to do everything to keep my creditors satisfied since I cannot do anything for them now, Hoping that you are leading a life free of worries and are enjoying good health, I recommend myself to your friendship, yours sincerely, C„A.Geyer 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI i BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN lien PS. Please sell my few things there, books etc., take the latter ones for yourself at the lwwest price and deduct it from my debt, CA, Geyer Bot, Gard. Dresden March 10th, 1846, MISSOURI ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN