ER SE 4, han 7 i | N a Hoden TIER ) VER DE an ee re nf en nu/ eh Be N Rn N i si \ PFARREI A T A ENT ee a SwlA Mr auf” Me, GR RE DJ ER ER: Ya Ah UM ak Be DE. Be: Er N» r>ı,» a B “u ze DERER r Hl Narr e- > Sy 7 L, SAD Lı che gA (hr 73 £ BE I 0 za I An, He II ZB p a RL ER I 2% ee IE Onası U a L— 0) 1 2 3 4 I) 6 7 8 9 10 MISsouRI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN cm (pam Far gr ARREOETENN YAV Ir ar yo w ER DEN A IR 2.7 3% han). 2 MAL fh, yN An I i AN mr, ER aD fhayl AV \ RW e FR a REREZ BET, G 777 c 9 5 ag > eh © ZZ? I: m © [. NAD KU DL ann 4 i > 4 AIR any Y4 = De = ee er fhNw a u 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Er ; - FRA Pe RE ee FON Pages Sr 3 ER a ee GIS = RE, WERE 7 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 10 copyright reserved % MıssoUuR! BOTANICAL Rec. Frankfurt Poppeldorfer Castle, Bomn Feb. 2 January’21,1857 Most Honored Sir Doctor ! Many thanks for the kind communicatiom about Elodea’ canaden- siscand Nelumbium luteum. The reports, which you give me now about E lodea; ‚agree to a major part with those you made earlier in Bonn,, only, that you mention a few more pointss. That the pollen is is most surprising, pollen does not appear ir re- lated plants according to my knowledge:: Hydrilla: verticillata (the one in East Indies)} Lagorsiphonmmusicides (Cape of Good Hope)). Elodea guianensis- (in South inarioa)i Blöter densa (Egaria densa- Olreich (also in South America) ,all have ball-shaped‘, one-celledj,flat AO rel with extremely fine pointlets or spinelets all over. I can on- ly think, that Elodea canadensis seems to show pollen grains on very young flowers,who'se pollen development has not been fully’progressed.. If you think it worth your efforts, you will find at Braun my manuscript'of the plants,which describes the plants, which I was able to examine.. There are enough questions concerning Elodea,and I shall make use of your kind offer tooturn for this to your cousin, and would have much earlier, years ago,. turned to you, if I had not feared! to be a bother to you,, You will see Braun soom How much I resret not to be also in Berlin to talk and to listen to yow. Again my best thanks, Your most devoted R.Caspary Still more ! I recommend to you much the lithographer Renbke ir Berlin, Leipziger Platz Nov. X. Everybody knows him there; he is very skilled’and eager to serve. Greet him best from me. He will be much inclined’ to report to you much useful’ about Berlin.. He is much better thanrKenny and Cohen. Braun, however, had once a not too pleasant experience with him. (translated from German Script by Edgar Denison,; August 1988 ). 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN . uf s je E . Men hy 7 = Sl gay nun BE 4% Ms, Yu Bun a ANA? An RER | EN yiyd, a A Are Iralrkeın ARE < Uhse ul, mu/ba np. Br re: u is: re ee rl: u fr eg DS an Nacht nr PER Ak ESSEN MN N / ERERENUIFFTT I arhden aa aa Nu | En EAN, Ar ra rs \ LETTER ea Kr ER WERL ET le hrent ne) a 1 Pe AA Ya a R nA T/N Wapl AD pl EN a BE a RE N EEK Zu 1 23 45 6 78 9 10 MISSOUR! . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 0 cm re u. \ Han | ge ar $ BE we SER a Bar PETE gefinnnn, a: et. n Kot So ya RG En My; FG Be Sr / 17 FRI U When Any SEE LU a gg WDR IE W3:R: ARE TR EL EZ y ä j Sr BL Te a ee PA x ro GEORSE ENGELMANN PAPER: RE 7 IR /: N ää—ä— ZZ ZZ — 1 238 4 ) 6) 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Rec. May 29 Bonn May 27, 1857 Dear Doctor |! From whom shall I purchase a microscope ?° From him, who makes cha best. What is the best microscope ?°That, which in comparisor with the others works better than the others,. Nobody will contest the an - swer; if one asksı: Who'se instrument produces more than the others, ?7 Only he can give the answer,who has seen the microscopes of the most prominent opticians. Prinesheim prefers Schick to all others. Thus I can put emphasis on what Pringheim himself says,that he has no prac- tical experience with a Nachet - i.e. he does not know the microscope of Nachet„- Nachet and Schick do not stand comparison with each other,. ever Benicke is much further than Schick, Pringsheim and never properly did a test. No Schick‘, as far as I have seen,and here in Ben, shows the stripes omNavioula angulata; A Benicke shows a little them, but not very well; always/ hisher than in Schick and Nachet like the english instruments of Ross, Smith and Beck, Powell!'& Lenbach,, very well3. with Nachet even already at about 380 times magenificatiorm and rather poor light; even without cross-liehting;s a Benicke must have cross-lishting..The large field, the wide focal distance, the abundand“ lisht are very asreable with the Schicks what zood is it to be arrea- ble, if I cannot see with it, what other instruments show 7% By the way,. Nachet is not one-sided: :he makes two kinds of objectives;such with a small field,small focal distance and less light,. but with this great shaprness of the image (the Ober haufer type) and he makes (after erg- lish and Schick type) objectives with a very large field,much light, which however according to my opinion,give never as sharp an image as those of the first kind... One needs for different purposes both ob - jJectives-with advantage, and a good optician should soon fabricate themy as did Nachet..I shall get soon an sa. fron him „which has both; one sees with both the stripes on the Navioula..I believe, that 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN is 2 “ R. Caspary May 27, 1857 Dr. Wagner in Berlin knows Wickershayn best,because he saw a lot, is however perhaps too onesided: influenced for Oberhauser, who,by the way considers Nachet equivalent to it. Wherever you order anı«In- strument,condiser first the following three pointss:1) the table must be turnable. 2) The mirror must be so installed,that it has all.-sided movement,and that cross-liehting can be achieved. A Wickershay, which does not have these two - specially no.2 - can not be used. Schick manufactures both recently, as I hear,but I have not yet seen an in- strument of this kind from him.. The instrument of Pringesheim, on which he got used to once, does not have either. It's image is al- ways faint and non-distinet in circumference as that of my predeces- sor. FoY years, since ash ade an effort, to see and prove as many microscopes as possible. I consider the english ones as the best, but they are sky-higsh (the German word is "unpayable" in verbatim transl.. E.D.) and have many useless gadgets (The German word is Aparat = machi- nery,E.D.). The French follow then,and are really not inferior to the English; Theif’ price is obtainable;s the Germans are little indeper - dend and mostly imitations of the French, America's instruments are for most workers,who must bringe the lense into water, not useable,. because reagents can not be used with then.. Joh. Muller may be known as No. 1 as anatomist and physicist, but not as expert of Wikerhagren;less so Ehrenberg.. With best greetings to your wife and Georg your most devoted R. Casparyv (translated from German script'by Edgar Denison, August 1988 ) % MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Ar Jens ? > | > SE enpelsdnge (hbrs- AT ANN Rh ® j e „ee be) ID A mw N \ \ . .* . vs‘ nn . nf f 2 a ana BT ’ . \ EN « ar nd EZ \ u x ) 5 Yan DEI N - \ SF u. ” . .3 cr Y “ 4 > N IRIELRDL IN ! j i A M) . Y, N DESSAU N w = I % \ \ “ } 8 9 10 MISSOURI . | BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Ä . „„? RR IN II EN Ta PL 1 & j RT» a ET 2 ne N Y i Que t a > \ " r ) ; Pr ‘ x { E Pr ö; \ . \ > A or u { DM Mr 4 ’ \ U j ut N > N ie . an u I mn A Iu ? A N ; , , L Ü h x Ar x \t A 4 ; f F q w)\ N x ii EN TAN N N INNEN ‘ N IN “ h.. N x I £ EN PR N nt Q BER, f j 5) \ v \ v4 - Es \? MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved CARDEN LUD E a n MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN a er Ion [x I * FR = ni r \ N % \ 4% IN N ' A \ - f P £ N N ‘ >" a‘ 6 7 8 9 10 copyright reserved MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN Poppelsdorfer Castle Rec, Paris Aug. 3 Bonm on the Rhein July 30, 1857 My dear Doctor ! Best thanks for your esteemed letter tiNow is the end of the collepia, I teach 16 hours per week, and thus was in a bind concerning preparations, that I can answer your letter of July 24, /which’I did not get until July 28,probably throush your esteemed a You say, that you will remain in Paris still 8 - 10 days; hopefully longer to judge from the precedent' in Berlim,for otherwise this letter will not find you there any more.. I have not yet received the microscopes from Nachet; instead,, the purchasers push me both, and I long to get them.. If you come here, you could occupy yourself with several microscopes, this wonld be wonderful, and it would be a great pleasure for me, to be able to assist you... A man as industrious as you;who'se know - ledge is always so all encompassing,. could take time out' for the significant progress in the manipulation of the microscope and the Judgement of microscopic paraphernalia. Do not give up this plan |! In Helmholtz you have here in Physiology one of the och oustan - ding persons. He is the inventor of the eye-mirror and occupies himself primarly with the physical side of physiologyv, and , of course, he does not need the microscope much. I know nothing of a pathologist, who handles a microscope well) here, I do not believe, that there is one... I do not know really, what pathology means.. The microscopical cover-glasses you find in London at::C.M., Topping 4 New Winchester street, Pentonville Hill, London. I al- ways get them from them... The only fault of the man is, that he ne- ver sends a bill) and I have trouble payine for them... He makes quite good preparations,. But, may-be. somebody else in London makes better ones. Mr. Kippish. librarian of the Linneen Society will be able to give you information. When in London, I recomend 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI £ BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary July 30, 1857 ‚to take along cases 2 and 3, for mE 2, made of pine wood, and not made better anywhere,. Topping has them also.. In Berlin I finally found a cabindnaker, who makes them well’ and cheaper. Topping gets 10 sh,those from Berlin are 5 sh=1 Tn I saw your sisters here,and enjoyed them very muchk.Dis- gustine, that I am still a bachelor,and can do nothing for them. By the way,. I have been proposed by the faculty as extra-ordi- narius. I will make a try, to look up your sisters in the En- denick (79?-ExBs),to at least have the honor of a visit.. I ask you, to bring me from Dr. Hooker a small case with e Berkeley has several of mine and i shall write him to send them to Hooker..I ask though, to stand the little case al- ways on the high edge ! |. Best greetings to your wife and Georg Don't give up the Mistershagen I With best greeting and heartiest Your R. Caspary I' almost forgot a very important request I! You certainly will! see Decaisen before you leave;: please ask him without too much pres- sure about the publication of my dissertation about fossil'Nymphae- aceae, and ask him tos: 1)\to mail by post the orierinals of the drawings,when possible and as soon as possible,. 2) that he send me several! copies of my essay, and that through publisher's or you.. I have until now seen nothing of my printed’ essays. Trevira tells me, that it has been published.. (translated from German script by Edgar Dehison, August 1988 )ı 10 MıssoUuRil . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN u i y ; n\ 2 f { | N, 3 2 \ re WR 4 Y Q Sy TA Ä N 10 MıssoUuRı BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN JB NRZ PADEB HR nu A Arasnın, Aa Wh rc h yIry w.2 ne fo Armınay en nad at arrH : 09 ln ale Wllnn 21 ur y wlan ZZ eu AM ar are ar Malt | Puyprıtie INWAN ZEN F JINWLOgH YZ, de Brei MAR a Te\ =. [Norman dA: In ya sn Tmrer MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Rec. .Aug.17 (?) Kew Poppelsdorfer Castle Aug. 13,1857 Run, .-" 27 Duren My dear Friend As you are in England'iand as I have just writteran English letter to Sir Hooker, my mind has turned so English,that I write ir this language to you.. Kr @€.D) I am most obliged to you for the 9 corms of my ee ER which you had the kindness to send to me, .But why did you not fetch also one for your order ? I wrote to Sir William to ask him for reference,that I might figure in my work«on Nymphaceae, an excellent“native rhizoma of Nym- phaea gigantea; ‚which is in the Kew Museumo- I asked him to send nme either the rhizoma itself’or a drawing of it, made by Mr. Fitch and IEhope, you will be so kind’as to bring either the rhizoma or the drawing’over for me.- In case Sir William gets me a drawing,.be so kind’as to pay for me to Mr.Fitch. I want to have the drawing in its actual size, or really two:: 1. Over-view taken from the side, 2. One view of the process of insertion of the leafstalk,.or of the process of the cushion of the leaf seen from above. I would like much better to get rhizoma than a drawing,but I am affrald Sir Williamwould not!wish to send me the rhizoma,which I would return as soon as possible..- Iicalled upon your sisterssand had the pleasure of finding them home, j Today I began to sketch'a rhizoma of Nymphaea alba_ in full size for a work on Nymphaeaceae. There does not existiany faithful' re- presentationrof it3 :it has always beemchanged: (should be"mistaken" E.D.) |with the rhizome of Nuphar,which is nevertheless very Siffe- rent, Believe me, my dear friend,your very truly and affectionately Robert Caspary (transcribed from script in english by Edear Denison, Jupy: 1988 ) 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI ; BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN L %? Jar AH \ | / al Ya a, DIE m Dr na y 4 EHEN RR ER | en DE ZRE a AS EEE 2 gm, RGAG Fa MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN copyright reserved TE Yaımmnz u MIA, Be DL REN SETER Sa PER Al {I Ara OLE NZ Ar Bm N ala A, 10 MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN EHRE HE rar Yy Voß Army MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN > ® > Be ® (72) u) Be Pe) in D E en QO, O © Rec.Frankfurt Nov.13 Poppelsdorf Nov. 9,1857 Ans, Dec. ? My. dear Friend ! Best thanks for your letter and the news about Nuphar and Nelumbo luteum ; but it is wrong, that you do not write even a single word about your health and your family, or about your plans, though I would like naturally to know something, or,rather a lot about you... It is very kind of you, and I acknowledge myvthanks,. that you have written to America in order to obtain informatiom about the twooNymphaeas,. Of course, the description of the Nelumboo is somewhat incomplete, as you say. One can not see, how the shor- ter,thick internodes differ from the other, 6" long ones,which, ac- cording to the sketfch are themselves 6 * long.. I’assume,. that the shorter internodes-do not referr" at all to the thick" , flour- rich,which could very well be woody,meaning,that they have veryy woody cross cuts and flour-rich parenchyma, but rather the 2 short internodes"between each od two long ones. Nelumbium shows thems: (see drawine on page 2 of letter ) C' long internodium at most finger-thick in greenhouse, , but to 13 feet long K’and K* Two short internodia I’ first leaf, turned downward II! second leaf, under $ divergence,turned upward. III! Third leaf, foliage leaf,positioned inan unheard of way without exemple,as far as I know,meaning Braun,with 1/1 divergence with leaf 2,though both stand in the middle of the stem s: stipule to foliage-leaf IURCNTARDE AN nase ann AZLLL In the axis of leaf II! stands the flower MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary Nov. 9, 1857 Torcel, who examined poorly,declared in sevfal theaties in carefull ways,that I, II and the stipule were 3 stipules of the follage-leaf,, and overlooked the flower. The branch has the 1 and 2 leaf also Im the same directiom,but this happens often. .What I say here has all! the approval of Braun,with whom I! examined the plant still in the Fall in Berlins The correct arrangement of the leaf position has not yet been published‘; but anyhow, I have axnaßßeremarked about it in the agenda of the Rhenish-westphaliarr Nature schience Society. Be- sides,it is surprising, that with the difficult position of the lea- ves, that leaf I'is being drilled throuscshhby the axis,which conti- nues growing and comes to restön top, e.&e- ((see drawing on page 3 of letter ) Near A'hole of drilling through. I - has now "R" the backland also "O# the inside. Nelumbo luteumm is in this not at all different fromrNel.speciosum if the plant, which Wensteed (? E.D.) sent me,, was that.. The Japanese and East Indiam species have the thick),flour- rich" rhizomes of the Nelumbo species,. which look exactly like the illustrations by Dr. Kilgardt (could be Wilgardt ? E.D.),often even thickers;s v. Siebold never showed illustrations,. In the greenhouse they neither get as thick nor as floury (mealy,E.D.). If Nelumbo luteum is a species, is very doubtful to me. I know of no difference but that of ‚which is linear for it,whereas the Ne - lumbo species are 4, thus a very small difference... - I wished, I were a professor and had to boss a large botanical garden,, then I would examine the matter by cultivating both plants in quan- tity..May-be, you can send to me later sometime seeds of Nel.Luteum. What Nelumbo rodophyllum is, I know even less,.A botanrist without a garden and attentive gardeners’is in bad shape, 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI - BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ie 3 - Caspari Nov. 9, 1857 Brecks '! is very accomodating and has done much for me,but he is officially unable, because I have nothing /to say,, to apply himself’ so much & my cause,that he would organize lectures spread over the years,'to explore questions,which I have posed,. Finning here is'nt good for anything; I have almost nothing from him in the local garden... One should not believe, that a gardener would be so incapable,to main- tain his best mother (? E.D.) cultures, which I wished to pursue.. After 2 - 3 months all is at an end every time. How long it takes e.&. fo Nymphaea alba to flower from the time of germination, is unknown. Last year I -gate Finning aumerous seedlings in a basin for cultivations well, in the Spring of this year he threw them all out. That is the way it went with 100 cases and more; I thus apportion only, what I must have urgentlyz;. every attempt to use Fünning for my efforts ends in vexation,.Thus I must’ look, to change the matter to the best of my ability, as twoouseless humam beings,Trevianus and Finning waste the best of resources: (the gar- den has $ 2,500), so that I and nobody else gets anything out of it,. except‘ several male and female cousins of Brugwutter. of which the garden is amply provided.,. Mrs. Emmy Eichhorn is again not doing Arelll as a few weeks ago, when the applied remedies did good works she is with the familys„and goes once in a while out again,. Braun however,is not at all’ really welll;, since he had the he w'as Now he suffers from a rheumatisme,which dram from the arm to the breast in the direction of the heart with pains in the breast and palpitations, .When he feels very week, he takes Colchicum He is also very discontent with the collegium,,which during Winter is al- ways poor for botanists..He has in’the officinal flowers (| plants,, which are used for therapeutital purposes,E.D.) only 7 hearers % 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 3 4 > R. Caspari Nov. 9, 1857 (the German word for "enrolled’ students" E.D.); in the public (Pub lic lectures, E.D.) (General Natural History) there are 60..Trevia- nus has 2”students as his audiences:and I have 1 as Private docent and 1 in public lectures,, Those are nice feelines ! In Summer I had over 100,but nobody comes any more whenxik for exams., - I have wor- ked the last 4 weeks on the cellular structure and in the stem of_Nymphaea alba,and had finally yesterday and today results.- Naezeli is totally wrong. .The matter is too long to be expressed in the remaining lines. Best rreetings to your wife and Georg. With best greetings Your R, Caspari (translated fromrincredibly poor German script! by Edear Denisoh July’1988 ) % 9 10 MISSOURI , BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN je RR N Ri N NEU & & 3 NR } 3 a iR H T, Re : i S 10 MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN copyright reserved Lg Alten STH, nl u Pr, Y Ya N N RT S APR N Ji \ h nn Ir ER vu Bu N RS E” ! R R; 8 ) 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Poppelsdorfer Schloss Rec. Frankfürt Dec. 11 (Poppelsdorf castle ) Ans. ” 13 Bonrr December 8,1857 Dear Sir Doctor |! Left-hand margin of page 1 :: At: Braun almost all are sick; He and his wife are half well. Ernst and Caecilia have poorly developed scarlet fever„and in combinatiom bad rheumatic fever over the entire bodys Hermann has real! scarlet fever;and Mathilde has also become indisposed, My fiancde is still _well\. Best thanks for your esteemed letter, which I received Just a (evening 7 0.c.). You are a kind, sympathetic person; that I enjoy and accknowledge with much thanks,the more so, as such people are so rare. I thank you much for the illustrations of the Nymphaeae with your greetings; I never met with this composition’ before,. when you say, that you saw in the British Museumranvegyptian papyrus.. How did it look, probably also as shaped as with the and without flower.?? First I amswer your questions.. If I have any- thing to be arranged in Vienna ? Greet: Feazl and Unger and Notsky;: Z::do not know more people there, and tell the people,they should send a copy of all theyvwrite to the library in Bonm, because this library has need for that. If you were here, I'd give you a book for Feazl::a part of Weddell’s Urticaceae,which he has sent to me for Feazl, but I shall send it now „ If you should be able, to get for me out of the opus of Effighausen and Solvonyvthe pages with the nature-self-prints of Nymphaea alba and Nuphar .. I’would be much obligedi I have not seen them up to now. . The entire opus costs 400 fl (florin, E.D.) and is not available here,. How long get the long and short internodes: of the of&ıkse Twerthaus Nelumbo 7: The longest ones-are 13 - 2 feet,but not thicker than a forefinger;: the short internodes aboutt 1/3 - 3 ",and even that mostly not.. Mrs. Emenz Eichhormis rather well,and has been recently im Arxusııe WU; Bi 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary Dec. 8. 1857 RE nstahäely; Marie Braun's youngest daughter got quite suddenly the measles,which will probably wett go through the entire family.» Iiam very sorry, that your wife is sicks :hopefullyv she will! get better soom to be sick, there is later much time in America; noW,, a beautiful trip is ahead of her... I"d love to go with you,to see in their proper place the living and geneticallyy related’ Nymphaeae,, and would touch Scott with the emperor's beard,to see there the N, lotus,which Deb, . elevated entirely wrong to the species N.. thermalis.- From this Mihowskey also separated it. It must be eX- traordinary, of that I am convinced.. I'recently had here one of Näachet'!s large instruments; one of my'students,for whom I had or- dered it, showed it to me.. It is a joyvto work with,and one has to return to one's own imperfect instrument with repugnance.. You ask, how I am ?”Really not at all... I am forced!: ta learn patience at this time in the hard school! without loss of time and resourcess. It is not a smalllitem, to have to be a spec“ tator while an old, run-dowı, dull!almost childish mar reads the principal collegia, and who mixes up the botanical interest as far thorouehly as theyvget in touch with him| in all direections and destroys KNaMX with ease,.. what could be kept in good . shape.. And,when one must observe,how a vain, almost useless garden inspector,who manazes so poorlyyusing them for his owminterests,. to such an extent„that tha garden is totally useless.. What I need, Il order always from Berlim Neering is always most eager to be of help: ,but always explains "What he has he gives,when he has it in en | ally flower arrangements for engagements,baptismes and dinners,. and balls;: if you or your friemds in Frankfurt have the need,then turn to him .Dinning serves with pleasure.- Since the meeting I u 7 8 ) 10 MIıSSOURI ö BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN . 3 - R. Caspary Dec. 8..1857 analyzed’Nymphaea alba, Victoria regeia, ‚and Nym.. Lotus, In the works are 1 - 16 vessel-bundles; do not germinate (as Naegeli demands,and the middle vessel-bundle of the leaf never goes to the lower bundle,thoush Naegeli demands this with cautiom I do nothing else, but work on the Nymphaeae, I! lec- ture only once per week‘ One more request in the name of Gay and for him,.I would like phora ? to have 1 - 2 good tubers of Sternbereia colchiciphera : there L} are none in Paris; one I sent him fromFinning, which gave .. only from leaves,as he had it from old times; in Berlin there is no plant; Barthing in Göttingen, to whom I wrote,did not answer. If you can obtaih in Vienna 1 or 2 tubers;please send them by mailleither to Gay or,first, to me, as you please... Now, stay welll Best greetings to your wife and Georg. With best greetings Your R. 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N 2 VWRAL BA ; & RE RUE. AAN acht 4 an AN AL 22 r Fi i ei | 5 yyks £ EN EEE re KUR% m ERENTO TIN IE LEN SEN Se lm A DI INT y PT N N c \ AD | a PAng | rege hen N Fe A ra Ar Yo | , N | Annan And. a x /FrYN Ur ser RN 14 = ESS Se nn u ER HAR nn un [| I | 10 MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN / ; ES UETETR. N S ) \ cr x x x & Er N En ERS sc n 3. SSL EN. x SAN } RR ut; ei BR . a = “ | en | S SE Gar Aa NZ MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN reserved PR) c DO a >) QO, oO © AV: ae : Rec. Sept. 20 (why the 7 months delay ?) Konigsberg in Preussen Ans. Nov. 12 Feb. 10, 1865 Dear Friend ! Receive my best thanks for your letter of Dec. 12,.1864, which I received recently through’ A.Br. (Prof. A. Braun, E.D ). The news,, that-you were finally successful to have Nelumbiumpainted by Ritter,, and even in a landscape with Nelumbium,.is most, most welcome.. It seems to me to be too much for my part,to accept‘ such an outstanding and costly present as a gift. You know, I had asked you strongly,to have these items painted’at my expense. But now, that you want to send to me such a gratifying gift, I can only accept this under one condi- tiom :That you permit me to approach you with various requests,, and that I am not prohibited from such requests herewith,. and that‘, if these will cause expenses, you will make them at my expense. I anti- cipate with joy your shipment just like a child; because without doubt you put me into positiens therewith' , to publish for the first time a really good drawing of Nelumbiumluteum as it is colored in its homeland.. I also ask you very,Very much, to send me your drawings and alcohol preparations of the plant. I can use everything,, and you know yourself, the more one Sees and examines;the more correct and under- standable are the statements.. Very desirable would be numerous,ripe seeds, inorder to grow the plant here rs and to observe it ]ivinge with relatives in its developmental starges.. I would consider it best, if you would send the itens throush the Smithonian Soc. There is no hurry. prictum ? er Parry 's Nüphar pietum is really a good species and quite strange. - You give me the informatiom from his * Notis". Have these been printed ?”Probably not ? If they should be printed sometime,, I ask to have the printing sent to me.. I also ask you very much, to arrange, that I may see the plant (Nuphar prictum) if you can pos- sibly do so.. This plant is the same, of which you wrote me several 6 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1865 u K times,that Parry had found it in the Rocky Mountains, though he had not desoribeakt, and, ok which you sent me at one time a piece of sepalum,, which I doubted as coming from a Nuphar,. as it did not show any stem- hair at all!ion the inside?27’I am anxious to see, if it really has no stem hair..In a well known place I wrote:: "* With Nuphar adv&na the co- lor variety with carmin-red’ petals and tips of the lomanties is more commom, than the entirely yellow colored onesS.. " You ask, where this news comes from'?°You saw thealways only yellow and all florist$ the same way (/ Elliott,Gray,, Beck, Torrey)s.I do not have at hand Elliott and Beck. Torrey (Fl. of New York 1843 I 4O)'does not give any informa- tion about the color of petals and .........,„,neither does Torrey and Grays (Fi. North Americ. I 57),.In my excerpts from Asa Gray's Manual I have unfortunately nothing about color indication.. However Aitom (Bot. Mag. XVII! 684 ))illustrates the flower with stem who'se joints (‘? E.D.) and rims of anthers are red, (Reichert Fl.exot. I t.12 notes this)also) - but in the descriptior he mentions nothing of \red.. The ar only other existing colored illustration of Kr advenan (Wittv. hort. berol. t XXXVIITI)\has the stem yellow (Petals not to be seen)\ Aiton (hort.Ravens. 1789 II 226) calls the petals rubro-flaviscantia and the filaments flava, but medio rubra ?’Umberg (could be Amberg,E.D.) (Cat. R. Am.sept. 1813 S 2) calls = = advena "striped-flowered" and Nuphar luteum‘(the species name shown in the original is"leum",E.D.) "ı yellow-flowered".. The "striped-flowered" refers assumedly to the red stripes, which show the rims of the anthers.. Further, .Ihave not seem a flower of a living Nuphar advena.- I' examined the numerous and from different years from the hort.lipsiensis (Leipzig Botarical Garden,E.D..) ‚where they prosper beautifullyvin the opem, .which did not! show on the inner axis of the petals (most of them)‘a 1 large or 2 nice red spots,„ ae majority I saw had red rims. On the numerous dried material!I could O1 course not discover any color, MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN e 3 -_ R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1865 Authors, who probably describe dried material, do not mention the color of the various parts,,or, their descriptions are generally too short.When certain writersse.g. Darlingtom (Fl.Austria),Aiton name the petals "yellow*,I interpreted this,that they give the co- lor incomplete,because I saw them in fresh state only yellow. No — thine is more common than incomplete desigsnation of colors,.Thus the petals of Nymphaea stellata (‘ ) are always descri- bed as blue. They are never blue, exactly speaking, because their base is always whitish or yellowish. It is thus easily explained,, that I’ expressed myself about the color of the petals and stamens of‘ Nuphar advena as I did, It is the more Interestingbo hear from you - and you are ihefirsthreaitie man,who has examined the problem completely,as I believe -that you have seen red-spotted petals (also stamens ?)} I want to ask you very much,to take this point in as ma- ny localities as possible into view'and examine, and to give Me in- formation about it.. But still one more large request |! You probably have also Nymphaea odorata aithn numbers... I did examine Nymphaea odorata alive and posess material in alcohol,and received now seeds from Ida Agassiz5siwhich germinate beautifully,,but I can not determine varieties from"the plants.What others assigen as variety characters :: Smallness (var.minor) is not justified to form a varietys. Small plants become always quite large ones in rich soil! according to my experience,though not the largest.. As criterion for varieties are to be considered 1) morphological conditions,. such as the form of fruit especially; of the leaf, etc..2) physio- logical! characteristics’ as: : size of degree of opening,,color and such,. I permit myself to ask you stronglyy to look in your aresaz,if real you can not find /differences in the form of fruit,the form of the teafffor the determination of varieties of Nymphaea odorata 6 7 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN = Ll u R. Caspary Feb... 10, 1865 u — By analogryvwith Nymphaea alba - I assume you own my disserta- tiom (Appendix hort.bot.. berol 1854) ("berol" = of Berlin,E.D.) - BE U . otherwise very probable. I urgently ask,to do the same for Nuphar advena, and I hope to mail to you before Spring a list of points,which must be considered for this plant.. You would advance the cause very much throueh such studies, I'want to include in my wotk a historical portiom,which gives the biographyvof the collectors, who often dared their lives and were in danger. For this reason I urgently ask you to provide me with a sketch of your own and of Parry.:.I need time and locality of birth,main history of life,and, if possible, the presentation of the educational process in short strokes, as given In a sensibly arran- ged curriculumvitae in a promotional dissertation.. Best greetings to your wife and Georg We are quite well here. My wife is under much stress, because the youngest childe,, Johannes, born Nov. 19,1863, sleeps during most nichts very little,, often not at allL. Nevertheless, he is during daytime very alert & alive and crawls around our home,but talks only a few words. The older eirl, Mathilde, born March 20,.1861, gives us much joy, as she is a very capable child with an extraordinary memory,and me - morizes for declamatior entire books of poems. She knows already very many plants; all in Dreco's picture bookss We plan to have our picture taken in Summer, then you shall get also a photograph of us alli - The ministryvappropriated more tham4,000 Thaler for the constructiom of a magnificent - the largest of all!’ - Winter-plant houseln the local botanical gardem. The construction was begunm last year,but, unfortunately, not completed‘,and I fear, it will be too late this year, to get it finished‘,to grow already this year suc- cessfullyvNvmphaeaceae. But I have otherwise several basins in the houses and in the opem,also a pond; In it I have also Nuphar % MIıSSOUR!I . BOTANICAIL copyright reserved GCARDEN = 5 = R. Caspary Feb,. 10,. 1865 advena „ growm from seeds from Leipzig. But of 12 plants only one remains, and apparently the Summer here is too cold... It flow- ered only’2 - 3 times,.Of foreign Nymphaeaceae I have a large,living collectiom, also the Swedish carmin-red one,ehich is deeply red as Nymphaea rubra Preb. ; it is like N „alba, but I must determine the ’ variety through further observations, I received 5 plants in the Fall of 1863. On top of this, I have all houses full with Nymphaea- ceae,mostly in large vessels-„. I study them in all directions,to determine the species,.The tasks costs much, very much time and maximal attentiom To complete the work, I will'certainly wait un- til the crosses of Nymphaea alba flower, which are now only 2 years old; .Brasenia peltata I also have manyy which nobody else has in Europe, but I cannot get them to flower.. Would you not have the op= portunity to give me the address of somebodyy who could collect Cabomba carstiniana in alcohol'or send seeds in moistened charcoal,),. so that I could grow the plant here.! I know very little of Cabomba,. despite seing,what there is in Europe. Now, again heartiest thanks for your supreme gift. Do not scold about my numerous requests.,. (There is no signature ! E.D.) Translated from German script by Edgar Denison, August 1988 ) 9 10 copyright reserved Ale" Mur 14° 503 ua u ae a ne Ü > fi men 7 AN a \ x Js Ü ‚ DAN I TC Ir “3 EN N R er AL az ER - 4% es y % i j\ s Ar „ie. AA y | 21.1. 7 ER \ r PAS “gr = n a MıSsoUuRI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 9 10 copyright reserved MISSOURI° BOTANICAL GARDEN VYVUYUTıSULS nr. 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Your letter of January 6, '66 I received in due time,and you did without doubt get mine of December 22,1865 with the Jüuncus species, which you desired to get aquainted with more accurate - ly from Meyer's herbarium,- I wrote you then, that_Nymphaea odora- ta with shaggy hairyness of the leaf-stem is unknown to me.. That is incorrect.. I’ recently described: for Miquel's Ann. Ingr. Bot. the _Nyn- phaea odorata accordine to the herb.Enger. Bot..and looked at that occasion through all my notes, and find, thattI examined or April 10,185& in the Berlin Botanical Garderron living specimens the hair at that time;they go under the names N.versicolor, , discolor,pygmaea,, but all is N.odorata,being more or less colored on the under side of the leaf vermilkon (777? E.D.) and, more or less with from 2 - 10’cel- led,cylindrical hair upon the leaf-stem,. I also saw in the same year in herb.J.Gay (could be Say, E.D.) leaves with long-haired stens,, and from the specimens of the Nymphaea odorata ‚which I have here from most of the europaean herbaria,I find several (h.Ingr.Bot' - Ch. Wrisht & Tiens - h.sondexSchlottmann.Tra.. h. = ° Louis;ann Ded. A.Gray,etc.) 'with partliy hishly shaggy stems -disposition for hair’as round cells between long ones in every stem of Nymphaez odo- rata but mostly they develop little or hardly in fresh youth and dis- appear later... I examined now in-Miquel's Ann.Engr.Bot..2 forms of N._odorata T) glabrapetiolo folio adulti glabrosand IT)villosa,petio- | loPolii'plus minus in partesuperiori villoso, Through lesser,thinner pubescense to disappearance of hair,the latter transcends into the first... In Wilderer's herb..& in h.Berlin.. are leaves,which show. on top hardly any hair on th& stem. One must be on guard to not mis- take algae for hair, As pro6ff one makes several cuts of the epider- 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 = R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 misof she teaf; treating them with iodine( solution of iodine-potas- sium with water))and then with concentrated sulphuric acid.If real! hair are present, their cuticulumremains connected with the epider- mis, if there are deceptive algae, they will be destroyed,and only epidermis remains with round’receptacles for hair..In dried state algae and hair can not be distinguished' with certainty without this application.I find those shaggy leaf parts not only with small plants but also with large onescand those,which have finished flowering.. The leaf collected byvSchlottmann in Texasis 64" long to the tip and the flowers of those of Mr..Morei (? E.D.) from Louisiana 4" 35 '"" im diameter,and that in dried form IThe lower part of the leaf is deeply carmim, partially pale, totally pale along the rim, yellowish-ereen overalljpossibly once in fresh condition licht carmin along the rinm.. The rips arevery different for the two forms in dried state,their nunm- ber 7 - 12 on either side,at times the primary,even the secondary and tertiary rise above the leaf surface and spread out much, - then the leaf was apparently presse& with very little pressure,which is shom also through other wrinkles and distortions - but they lie with the leaf surface in one plane,and are then in part not canaliculäte in the middle, .or, once in a while,, canaliculate in the middle... The me- dian ribt-is besides-mostly somewhat raised,and this condition off the ribssextends to all forms of the plant, which I have in front of me,. and my material is veryvimpressive.. But despite the volume and the ef- fort, I urge you with the request, to continue to make thoroush inve- tigations about N. odorata varieties. The dried material,only pulled- off flowers and leaves,and only a few of each species,is entirely in- sufficient,to teach me about the species and subspecies. Those,which have been set up by now, I too consider not admissible and without foundation, 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN r- 5 en R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 Varieties are based on I) Color. Pursch (Fl. Am.sept. 1824 IT 368) created a variety @ rosea; foliis cordatis integerrimis, obhusis divaricatis; acutis, petiolis pedunculis folioque subtus purpureis,,calycibus petalioque .. “The variety (? is probably a distinct species,which only further observation can "deeide * About the shape of the leaf, which Pursch also mentions as character of the variety, later... Now only about the colors. Was this im Pursch® 's ß rosea constant ?°No‘! Purschbrought his plants himself to England, where they were cultivated,and were not any more rosy-colored white, as was Sim’s (could be Kim's,E.D.) (Bot. Mag. L. t. 1652) reports. He, thus,removes himself from the co- lor as character,and takes a poorer one,the size, as his refuge,and calls Pursch's plant a ver. ® minor. As to the coloration of the leaf. based on the existing dried materialland also the cultivated, young plants,it varies from light Keranistim ( a red color ? E.D.) to & dense yellow-green;which does not even at the rim show a trace of Keranistin,which can be seen:: Even the colore of the leaf is too variable a mark’ for basing varieties on it.. At best, where the colo- ration is quite striking,,a sub'’- or sub-sub-variety could be based on it,.The $ minor Sim's is being mentioned as synonymby the au - thor himself::N. odorata ng Thor. and Gray'Fl\.. RA... 1838 -4O Ü ps 57 and N. odorata ver, maller Z.Torrey F1.Newyork: 1840 p.. 38,. thoueh in.contradiction with Sims; who'se plant is being described as white-flowering m .that aller Thorey and Grayvand var. E smaller Torrey have "*flowers rosecolored".. King (?°’E.D.) odorata z Rubella Rafinesquii Medic.F1. 1830 II’40 "tinged with rose" is thus based only on coloryan untenable varietyy.as also herewith 3... Chlo- rhiza "with yellow roots" i.e. rhizomas,which in normal plants are “blackish"according to Rafinesque ! Nymphaea alba has blackish and also 7 8 9 copyright reserved - 4 = R. Caspary Feb. . 10,. 1866 yellow rhizomesywhich, however, does not indicate different varieties,, but only different age and differentearthbonpositions, which do not: des- troy or dissolve but blacken the ee What 2) determines:the size of the entire plant;the inflorescense, and leavescas a variety;which Sims uses im species (? minor and Rafi= nesque (l.c.) in his sr onger consider this en even more variable (inconstant,E.D.) than the color. Every erower of Nymphaceae knowsthat the size, the strengsth' and aan of his plants,their flo- wers and leavegdepends entirely on the circumstances under which he erows them. If one wants small plamts with small leaves and flowers,, and which flower sparinely,then one puts the seedlingss in small'pots in poor soil; even rich soil makes them only a little larger.If I want medium-large plants, I plant them in good or best soil! in medium-size or large pots.If I want outstanding,large plants with large flowers,, I’put the seedlings of the same fruit, which furnished the small plants with small flowers in small pots, .into the open soil!or very large con- tainers,to be cared for the best way’rand also with manure.Truelings (a word Caspary invented,E.D.), i.e.. plants, which have self-seededin large containers-and good soil,reach the most significant size of arır, as they grew under opportune conditions,, As in vartificialheutture So tne Nature.Poor soil,little nurishment makes small plants - bene soil in entire land areas is often the same, one has as long as it remains poor and the same small plants, often in entire districts „ But do they remain so, if one gives them better conditions,very’rich,, good soill?”’Definitely not.. I have seen,,that miserable plants of Nymphaea alba and Nuphar luteum- v. Leonardi once sent me very few specimens from Bohemia,which he thought to be Nuphar pumilum-- be came large and strong in good soil; really extraordinarly large, , and one had the old’ var. .minor and maxima on the same stock, the best proof,that there were no varieties.. 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ” 5 & R. Caspary Feb. 10. 1860 If, however, it could be proven, that a planta nana or minor remains white under the best conditions of nutrition, of that the seed is true, then, such a variety makes more sense, but cannot lead to proof for N, ae, Sims,.. For foundation of a variety'I find morpholo- gical differences better than color and specially size,the form of the tubular flower, if short or long, the stamina, .if they have broad' or narrow filaments, the pupillistic (pupillus, Latin = minor or or- phan = reduced ?’E.D.) stimatic rays.the appendices of the carpels,, their relation of length to width, if and how they are furrowedi or hollowedi, the shape of the fruitsif’ ball-shaped, ‚uniform,smoothly pres- sed, the form of stipules;their size in relation to the leaf, the sta- tus of pollemy if warty’or spiny.. I mentioned’here those morphologicall points; which apply to Nymphaea alba, which I have examined from'all countries of Europe either living or in alcohol)and in their cause I made numerous excursoins and trips-for about 13 years,which proved' im“ portant for the definition of varieties,or better said,when varieties showed themselves different,because we do not need to postulate them,. but to find them in Nature throush observation,or they are also such points, which are important in the differentiatiom of Nymphaea alba and odorata. When I! stated,that the size of flower and leaves does not,, as far as I know, justify a varietyy it is thus with thetwo primary varieties of Nymphaea alba I) polystigma_(formerlyrmelocarpa»Carp) and II) oligostigma (formerly ovcarpa Cärp.) I had to give up these names, because a subvariety of ovcarpa with flattened fruit'was found at Setermihg in Russia and here in Prussia.. The size of the seeds was a constant difference. I) polystigma with numerous carpels,has small seeds, and LT: oligostigma with fewer car- pels,very large ones, Of course, there are exceptions in rare casesS.. And the size of the pollen'varies in a rather constant way with 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN = 6 RR R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 Nymphaea tetrazona Georgi 1775 (= pygmaea Sis. 1811),. morphological Are now any xwarkakkesıknawx varieties knowr of Nymphaea odorata 7° Hardlyt But only very doubtful.. Already Pursch characterizes his var. rosea not only by color but also by leaf-form. For Nymphaea odorata I’ he sayss: N. folio orbiculatoscordatis - submarginalis lobio divericatis,acuminmus obtuso, for var..($ rosea:: foliis cor- datis -, obtusio,lobio divericatis,acutis,. These differences seem:to me to shatter into nothing,and that once according to analogy of Nymphaea alba,where the same difference of the form of the leaf is found on the same stemand change,according to the material! available and proven by me. The main form was to have according to Pursch’ leaves: lobis divericatis;which is not always the case. Quite frequently the lobes stretch very wide,and that as well for the main form as with ver. ß . With the main form the leaf is sup- posed to be subemarginatumy for var.(3 obtusum, I find it often with var.($ emarginatum and for the en form obtusumand, on top of Va both apice subacuminatum,; In other cases, as e.g. B. Sims 1.c.t. 1652 presents for var. the lobes o& I’ are supposed to have acumen obtusum for var.[d however acuti; and are for both forms (I! and ver.) the leaves fobts plus minus acuminatis,and for the leaves of both forms the leaf-lobes at times acuminae acutoo (also for the main formas Sims shows Bot.Mag. t. 819 3 times) and in other cases acuminae obtuso subobliterato,. Finally, the difference between I,. folio Srblentabene Harn and var. folıcordatis does not make sense. I do not find any difference in the mair shape of the leaf’of I and ver... Varieties, of which you characterize the two first ones thus = & sinno and lobis of the leaf more or less rente (? E.D.) 7» (3 sinno and lobis more or less rounded ?7°To the latter form is retted® -\ N,reniformis Walter Car. p.155,which accor- 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 7 - T. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 ding to proceedings of Decondell!in Deless. Icon II t.5 is mentio- ned as synonym'with Nym.uniformis Decondelle. Also cited is Nelumbium reniforme W. sp II'1260 as synonym, Willdmann based Nelumbo renifor - mis on Walter's authority according to his Nymphaea reniformis,and willd. is entirely correct to consider Walter's Nymphaea reniformis as a Nelumbiumybecause Walter explicitly addss: Mloculis monospermis;, which fits only Nelumbium. Decandolle and his followers are therefor wrong to identify Nymphaea reniformis DC bc with Nymphaea renitormie Walter... As to Decandoll's Nymphaea uniformis im Deless.Lion concerns,,. and this plant my Torrey and Grayy the original does not exist any more in the herbariumDelessert in Paris..Neither Planchon (Ann. ? ? Ser. MX 1853 p. 59) nor I have seen itin 1856,, though Mr.Lasique broueht together all the a RN N. were there, with great kindness and labour... The oririnal has prob&bly been eaten by worns,, which worked much in the h.Deless. and destoyed it..As to the illus - tration of_Nymphaea renriformis, I will not believe that it is correct concerring the grooved,rounded lobes until I have seen a leaf of the species,..Of the hundreds of leaves, which I examined,,is none that has eorern0., gKrooved,rounded lobes.. The phantasy of a botarically’unkno- wing artist max may have created from a poorly dried! and deformed: and improperly positioned leaf with acuminated lobes: the one show in De-. condolle's drawing.. The phantasy of an artist is oftemthe cause .ok errafs . Supposed, that such a leaf reallyvrexisted once,it is to be con- sidered as a monstrosity, on which no variety can be founded,and cer- tainly, the same stem, which produced such a leaf,would’ also produce normal ones... In many leaves, in which I saw a strongly ronunded sinus,, this was never the work of Nature,but caused by disfisuration in pres- sing; But,there exist broad, rounded sinuses,but if constant with cer- tain plants ?’That may be decided by american observers in ln The american botanrists may decide in place,what varieties,diffe- 1 HR DEE RE RE RE HE RE HE L__| a | I DEREN 1 23 456 78 9 10 MıssouR! a BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN a 8 - R. Caspary Feb. 10. 186% rentiated’by morphological!marks,exist for Nymphaea odorata. Ir; also would like to recommend to you to prove the admissibility’of I' glabra and II villosa,which are based on differences,which may change often..I take the liberty to provide some viewpoints ir es- tablishing the varieties and, also, the analogy of the other sp cies;better known to me, ‚of the divisiom Cartana DI, the Nymphaea alba L. and tetragona Georgi... Of both exist two geographically‘ sepa- rated main forms; of alba I polystigma,westerly and southerlyin distributiom areas with long,narrow calyx-leaves,flowers and’ stamens,, viable pollen; small seedssyellow,single-tipped papillose rays,and nu- merous cancettes (the German word is Kanzetten ? E.D.),and IT oligo- stiema (the word is blotted out by a stamp.E.D.),northern and eastern distribution territories ‚and in the mountains in the southern part, with broad,short calyx leaves,flowers -— and stamens,warty pollen, large seed&,(one word covered by a stamp,E.D.) three-pointed,papillistic rays and few Cahcettes. The two principal forms of Nymphaea alba have numerous sub-varieties,differentiated principally through the fruit,, sphaeriorna (Carrying hills) depressa (with smooth fruit) uncilata ( with a very deep stygmati@ disk) 'etc.. Nymphaea tetragona Georgi‘ shows also two principal forms. I)lata,with very broad,dried' cylindrical! Cross-stem-sectionf this is a guess,I cannot decipher a word.E.D..) broad, short calyx leavessin the north and East of the territory,. i.e..in East-Sibiria, Kamtchatka, and Manchuria;entirely correspor - ding the Nymphaea alba oligostigma,. II) anzusta, with small dried' qua=- dratic Cross- stem-sections (same word as note above,E.D.),and long slender calyx and floral leaves, in the South’ (Khasia Mountains im ?üreee) (NOTE: the Khasi Hills are in Assam, E.D.),and southeast of the territory(China and Japan). .It is now to be seen, if’ there are not oXx u HAST RILA I ——— nenne in Nörth America such geographically’limited' varieties/of these most!‘ natural and totally constant, remaining so in culture,„corresponding 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN . 9 en R. Caspary Feb. 10. 1866 of Nymphaea Lotus there are also such’ morphologically different geo- graphical varieties; however, I do not want to expose further about this,in order not to be too wide- ranginge. grown Fruits I saw very few on N.odorata,only a few/in Borsig's Gar- den in Berlim and some im wine spirits, which Mr. Eatom sent to me,, though without closer statement of the place, where found... All were ball-shaped;.One examines only ripe fruit,of who'se seed the arillus is fully developed,,and who'se seeds are black-grey’and not carmim,be- cause the latter color im"not ripe.. The Nymphaea alba of Nuttall (Gener. N.A.plants 1818 IT p.73 # around Detroit" -,.Micheni (Fl1.b.Am. I NO) - "Canada ad Carolina" - (in h,Michaux in h,Mus.Par. I saw N.odorata from "Canada" desienated by Michener as N. alba) - is mentioned as present in North America, thoush this seems to be an error based on a mix-uprwith N.. tuberosa Paine,but it may not be impossible, that Nymphaea alba exists in North America,therefor I give the differences of the plants N,alba and odorata as far as they are known to me.. NYMPHAEA ALBA L.. | NYMPHAEA ODORATA Ait, 1)Grana pollinis aculenta vel' | 1) Grana pollinis ubique aculeata.. grosse tuberculata,operculo laevi 2) Procissus carpellorumcarnosi' vel sublaevi.- oblongo= triangularis vel lanceo- 2)\Processus carpellorum carnosi lati,sublinearis,interne canalicu- trianeulari’- ovati’ vel oblongo= | lati‘ triangulari-ovati,interne ple - 3) Stipulae subreniformes,late e- rumgue subceoncavij)1-5 sulcati marginatae vellovato-reniformes,. 3) Stipulas oblongorovatas, elon- BREUSTI, ES Sn oblique utrinm“ gato= triangulares,anguste emar- |qUe decurrentes,obsolate bicarian- ginatas,obtuse bicarinatae,......+ tae usaue ad 9 m longae,inferiores ad 3 3/4" longae punctum vegeta- longe sub puncto vegetationis -rhi- tionis,rhizomatis supernatis cum zomatisfelicter petiolo superstites | ! MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN | Nymphaea alba (cobt’d) \ Nymphaea odorata_(cont’ä) petiolo putredine proxime ad | EEE .punctum vegetationis punctumvegtationis rhizomatis rhizomatis vix superantis.. destructae. 4Y)Pulvinaria foliorumin rhizoma- 4) Pulvinaria foliorumin rhizo- ta vix prominentia,. mati vulva prominentia,. 5) Folia in rhizomate rariores, 5)Folia in rhizomati’Insissitu(?)| internodios longioribus 13" cer- ee internodia brevissima citer longa. 17° Tonga 6) Rhizoma tenuis usque 1%" crassus 6) 'Rhizoma crassius usque ls n With both of them the scars of the leaf stems: are circle-round ,. for Nymphaea tuberosa:Paine (Report of the regents of the University’of the State of New York- 1865, .Sonder-abädruck! (special reprint,E.D.) p.132)) ‚, the leaf-scars-on the rhizomes,which I alone have studied so far for this interesting plant,. they are transverse-lanceolatae (sc.circatri- cae) ancipites, and remind therewith somewhat* od the lop=sided,. two edzed’ of Nuphar.. The rhizome of‘ Nymphaea alba is unfortunately’ nowhere illustrated’ properlys. Hayne ({Arzney (medicine, E.D.)..........IV t 35) only shows that of Nuphar luteumr instead of Nymphaea alba, ditto Rei- chenbach (/...... Fl. germ. VII t 70,probably a copyrvof Nayev)::Die- ErIsm (PL, aaa IE FON; You wish for an illustration of the stipules of Nymphaea alba & odorata.. It is enclosed,. I believe to have also found very pointed stipules of Nym.alba (not withlan onter.rim)) (Caspary creates a word:: ausgerandet.Rand= rim,margim,thus: with an outer margimE.D..,. Those of Horst Bossig-of N. odorata have a broad outer rim without being damaged,,and it seems, that the rhizomes,which Mr.. Eaton sent from N,A.. are not with a rim,but pointed or blunted depending.. The specimens copyright reserved grown in our hothouses of N, odorata I saw with stipules with mar- gine.. Paine says about his N,tuberosa ‚#connectivo: stamine exteriw- rum supra antherae in cuspidem elongatoo",. You write to me, that‘ yau findthis also’for N,odorata near St.Louis and I’ can confirm this of N. odorata of all localities,from which IT saw them, from Canada to Florida,Texas and Guiana.. The outer and middle stamina of all species have @ntherae appendiculatae; as the expression is, the appendix has latitude:s: Wegiter 1 ::+ - 13. Unfortunately I have notiyet seen flo- wers of Paine's N, tuberosa..It is necessary,that the relatior of width to length of the appendix be noted also for N,.tuberosa, THERE IS A DRAWING ON PAGE 13 OF THE ORIGINAL The hair,with which the rhizomes of‘N.tuberosa Paine are covered ... are most strikings. They are in part like the other Nymphaceae, in which many cells-lie behind each othär,H - 6 and more = a,and others with thicker hair= b&,the base of which shows several, up to 3 cells in width. Such hair are otherwise not knowr for the Nymphaceae.. There are several names of american Nymphaeae,which are little or not known at all, and are either to be reckoned with N,.odorata,or may belong to her and N,.tuberosa.. These are Nymphaea nitida Sims (Bot.Mag. XXXIII’t.1359)} N. rosea-Rafinesquei (Med.F1.. 1830 IT 45)) Nimaculata Rafin.. (h.c.); N; Ns spicata Raf.. (h.c.)'; N.parkeriana Lehmann (in Otto Hamburger Garten und Legumenzeitüng 1853 IX p. 529) Nymphaea parkeriana Lehms.collected by a certain Mr.Parker in Guiana-.. Originals I saw in h.Nooker and h.Lehmanm, whose Nymphaceae I purcha- sed after Lehmann’s death, is nothing else but a small form of Nym.. odorata,who'se leaf stems are on top partiallyv hairyythough very IETT18,, Thoucsh Nymphaea nitida Sims has been illustrated,and was much cultivated in Europe,there exists cn Font the plant, be - MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 12 PR R. Caspary’ Feb. 10. 1866 ee a _— cause no original can be obtained. I have never seen an orieinall,, ex&mple [neither imherb.. North,herb.. Kmxa Univ. Britt.,„R.LinmSoc.,nor in any other herbarium,.. In Bernhardt, who purchased them,if I am not mistaken;is one flower and 1 leaf,without doubt from a cultivated,,. DL small!N. odorata,mostly dtermined as N.pyzmaea, corrected by pen- cillas N.. pygmaea,. In the Botanical Garden of Ghent I found a: small! form of Nymph,. odorata as N. nitida, gerown in a pot,of which I saw only leaves and stems, white-grey below,rarer -— however on the old stock! toward the border carmine.. Sims gives 3 characters as specific for N. nitida: :1) the rootstock is perpendicular and does not seem ever acquire any considerable length; :the illustration of the rhii - zome is very defective.. but is not in anything different from the pityful N. odorata, grown in a pot, from which er judgement could be made.. The rhizome is only 23" long and belongs certainly to a plant of only a few years age.. It can not be used to determine the characteristic, that the rhizome is perpendicular,because the rhi - zomes of young plants,specially in loose soil) e.g. deep mud, are for the related N. alba in the youth itself to 13!‘ long,which may take 10 years,,are very frequently vertica SE turne horizontal only la- ter.. In order to base the statement of a vertical rhizome, Sims should have grown the plant in open soil and not in a pot.. 2))*"Venis (folii)) utrique exeratis". Mr. Wolldener (Hort.Beril. No. XXXIX) says off N. odorata, which he saw alive in Berlim"venis impressis". Sims believes,, thattBot.Mag. + 1652) Willderer"did not have N,.odorata but N.nitida in front of himjbecause N.odoratahad been'assirned "prominent veins" by Aitra (Hört Kew ed.2 III292; Bigelow (Am.med. bot.. III 127);Torreyv (Fl. New York'38)} Already earlier I observed, that the veins of the dried leaf are at times raised, at times caniculat&ä; I find this for N, odorata in pots in the Berlin botan.Garden to be present under fresh conditions 7 8 9 10 MıSSsOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 13 - R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 By analogy with other species,the nerves are sometimes raised, someti- mes imbedded in’fresh state,and therewith this characteristio dis - appears.. I quote as example for this fluctuatiorr Nymphaea blanda Ne- gor,which cultivated very strong: stock. I had last Summer about 19% in pots,which always had raised nerves.however the seed-started plants, which'"were anchored and’ sprouted in the basim,and from which oppulent plants with in part enormous leaves-emerged,had sunk-im nervesyeven when the plants were small... Only the middle-rib al!’- ways is raised.. 3) Sims says "N.nitida seems to require the constant: heat: of a stove or hotbed,to preserve it alive,whilst odorata is now found to be quite hardy.*. From the word "seems" derives,.that this is only hypothesis,and it is not worth to talk about it further. - I’'thus do not find anything in Sim's description,what would differ- entiate N. nitida from N. odorata,. The illustration alone shows something;which I find mentioned no place about N. odorata,and which Sims himself does not'pronounce „that the calyx is whirled on the outside.. There is in North America also N. odorata with on the out- side whirled calyx leaves:to be explored.- Sims does no know the home-land of Nenitida.. He supposes, that it could be America.. Dom mentions: "native of Siberia in lakes and the River Lena and in Dau- ria in quite waters" (Lineus Syst. 1'1801 p.126). This is obviously incorrect and is based on mix-uprwith N,tetragona Georgi,which does exist there,and of which I saw many from Siberia.. Of the 3 species, which Rafinesque makes, I know nothing... Did Rafinesque leave an herbarium, and where is it ?’Are originals still! on hand ?’I only can copy his diagnosis:: 1) Nymphaea rosea Leaves orbicular, split at the base, .lobes di- varicatijacuti;lower surface red,petals rose colored«. In New York,, Ohio etc with smaller flowers,less odorous.. nn nn nr MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL cm A Ehe GARDEN - 14 - R. Caspary Feb, 10, 1866 2) Nymphaea maculata Leaves orbiculata, subundulate,dentate,, base cordate, ‚tobeslobtüuse, ‚a brown central spot’on the leaves,pe- tals white. In Canada and New York’near Lake Ontario.Flower nearly inodorous,smaller,, with many narrow oblongyobtuse petals.. 3)'Nymphaea spiralis-Raf. s. (synonym ? E.D.) N alba Mx. & M. odorata Ethot.) Leaves orbicular, emarginate,base split,colorate,, lobes divaricate,obtuse,petioies and scapes spinal,calyx free-leaved,. equal to the corolla. In the southern States. Flower white, smell! strong». N. spiralis seems to belong to odorata on account of the smell,. N, maculata and perhaps also rosea due to almost missing smell, and maculata due to the localty:Lake Ontario to N.. tuberosa Paine.. ER. species " Short characteristics of all!Nuphar and Nymphaeae/not deter- mined by us, would be very interesting " vou write to me.. Are you wil- ling to consider the above as Aa satisfying your wis concerning N. odorata??Of course, it is not short.. But people, who want to search,, must know,what they are looking for,and I want to ask you,if you con - sider it worthwhile,. to translate this letter and to have it printed,, possiblyrin the Transactions of the St. Louis Academyy to have 100 copies made at my expense, and to mail them to botarists and collec- tors all over Americas, I! shall write a similar letter later about Nelumbium,.Nuphar. I am now much too pressed: through Miquel and % Martins. .But still another request with it, to add to the translatiom, namely,, that whoever may have found something, whichis a variety’of N. odorata or any other american Nymphaceae,to send to me througit the Smithoniar dried and speciallyvin alcohol! specimens of rhizomes and fruit, To prove oneself is the principal item. I do not avoid costs.. I have sent $ 30.- (adnally "Thaler" E.D.) to Mettenius,who is waiting for your disposition..--I enclose my photograph and ask for one of you'of the same size; I have a larger one of you.. 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 4 15 e R. Caspary Feb. 10, 1866 I’ask very specially again for your vita (Apparently a history ot Br. E's 1ife, E.D,)s-A shalll ber for it as long until. Iiget it. Best greetings to your wife and Georg. May God protect you ! With best greetings and hearty affectiom, Your R. Caspary ps..With Nymphaea_ alba the submerged stem of the fruit' sometimes is simplyvbent backwards- AO, or rolled up screw-like mwr” without reference to specific varieties.. (translated from German script by Edgar Denison, August 1988 )) MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 4 a: 2, A ya er %, ä er zZ %% VE TNE I “ a 4 Er > v7? I | Pe< 7 er VL: Los: Pa 5 Ü 7 N Nv VA in | u mann Pfr I, ML DIE SAN > 1 2 nn 5 6 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURL . 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In order to get'’an overview of the quality of pollen, I counted the We pollen grains,good and bad,, of some 100 plants,in order to be able to better express the relatiom in the perianth.. This is important to me because of the bastards of the Nymphaeae,which have formed here... Today I shall examine a new bastard,which has just now developed its flowers: Nuphar luteum % advena. This bastard is very interesting,varies in the color of the blossoms,and keeps the middle of both „.......:.:.. . older ones... Nuphar advena - pumilum and ®umilum-advena unfortunately do not yet flower..Of Nuphaf' advena I grew 9 year old seedlings in a pond, from seeds from Leipzig,which are shaped quite different fromithe older plant in Leipzig. Nymphaea „zse......... stands the Winters here well,. but floweres quite rarely; Nymphaea odorata is very tender, in the open can only be handled under cover; flowers little, never here, not even with artificial illumination. You write, I am surrounded by Americans, The more so I wish, tha t you come here and communicate more detail. Is'nt that possible to accomplish 77 You can stay with me; I have a guest-room But „ you would have to come prior to the begim ning of July The middle of July I go to Lappland on account of the Nupharywhich I cannot examine from the distance when dried,,and,which I have not received alive despite all efforts», and which I need.. The ministry has provided me with money for the trip.. Can't you come this month here ?7I am of course quite sorry, that I cannot make the problem easier for yows A trip of 80 miles is not pleasant,but ir 13 hours you would be here. And you could see Nymphaeas at myvplace,, which you'could not see in the entire worldi..In the open they are im part in their last flowering, and yesterday Nym. alba sphero...... 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN rosea from Spaimwith about 30 deep-carmine-red blossoms open. The Thank you for your literary excerptss .Best greetings to your wife and your Georgand equally to all of Braun’5S (the end of the I hear you will leate Berlin the beginning of July I go to Lap- land not by way of Berlimand cannot remain anyplace on the return trip=. If you do not come here, 9 there may be the possibility of a meeting after the returmfrom Lapland in Berlin or elsewhere..T hope to meet and see you in any case, In hearty friendship, Your R. Caspar -_ (translated from German script by Edgar Denison, July 1988 ) (translation of cover-sheet on separate page,Text is NOT ir Caspary's hand-scribbling* E.D.) z “ n * should be *hand-writing" 8 9 10 copyright reserved Frontpage of Caspary letter June 6, 1868. Text to drawings:: Nymphaea odorata Fif. 1 and 2 Stipula Fig. 1 Rhizome sent to me by Eatom in wine spitits from Nörth America.- Fig. 2 Rhizome of a planttgrom in the Boroiz Garden in Berlin in a heated pond,fed byyv the condensate water of a steam engine in the opemat + 24 R (Rheaumier,E.D.) water- temperature, very opulent and strong, the rhizome thicker than the N.Amer. from Eaton. Nymphaea alba L. Fig. 3 Sthbpule of a rhizome from the Laacher Lake near Ander- nect (Var. depressa_Cnep.) — —— Nuphar odorata var sangruinea Nütt - HB Au Phil has almost all stems transferred into petals Fide Durant MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN copyright reserved a a nn BETTER EEE ur nn EEE EN Be: DaBlaumee 2a BET EHRT ri " E ag 4 e R. Ts 5 u FIRE Mr Weit. we ni n. ri er 2 Re ; R* BD = 3 4 Be Ye; & 4 , / e F r ı ve e\ a Ian “ ib Be n ö RR N 18 Pe | a a ER a a Ke, ARENT ne 1 a a er 3, . “ Pe. ä P* er a* E. i N # \ » Y es Er F I Se. A 10 | MIıSssoURI | . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN oO Bat ©) K°) ® > De ® 172] ® Same FB din ‚DO ar >) Q, oO © N nd EB: a rrava NNYWIIORZ TIRORS Pe NIE aillog AUNOSSEE Ä — III II EREREN HEE al | 0172000 | ISSOURI : OTANICAL DEN % MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Rec. Naples Nov.18 Konigsberg in Preussen November 2,186 Dear Friend I! Already since October 2 I am again here,, but I get only to- day to select the few Juncus ‚which I found in quantityyI found Juncus filiformis every place from65'n.0% - 68 n.0. im ((1,2,3)! mostly very low specimens,hardly one half as high as they srow with us; . Juncus was also not rare.Other Junci,e.g. alpinus I saw rarely. Juncus foedidus L. I only found near Wakaniwa on the Muonio in the russian and upon the „Walleh (?’E.D.) con- sisting of gneiss near sare already browm-green as it was September 11 (?) or 12 (?).- The label with the plants gives the date correctly. - are quite foreign. Juncus and R I’saw no place, .Hoöwever I was little in the mountains as there were hardly any Nymphaeae there.. What the Nymphaeaceae concerns, I was very fortunate and listed the rushian;which provided the genus for the northern plants - 9 corns to Lonstadino (? E .D.). It is here in Nuphar luteum and pumilumr and bastards 1,2,3, and others in .. The bastards have bad pollen and develop very few seeds,. Nuphar intermedium‘Anders & Ledebour is a bastardii. It stands between Nuphar pumil. & luteum.- Anderman’s statement, that! Nuphar intermedium exists in Lappland is wrong.. Nymphaea alba nigrostigma aperta I found to 673 n.0. north,far the other side of the polar circle.. I know nothing of you since 33 months. Since my returmI found mountains of letters and endless business to accomplish,that I can not get to it, to close the gaps,which the trip has made into the free-time for my friends. The trip was mostly very strenuous, as I had to travel mostly in a boat on rivers or on footi, the distances enormous-and, therefor, .very time-consuming. I was not able to occu- py mysekf with other plants much besides: Nymphaeae. More detail 10 MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary Nov. 2, 1868 about my trip I shall send to you later in printed form.. With heartiest greetings your most devoted Rob. Caspary Please have the kindness to let me have the name Innino (27? E.D.) of Kanräsjaris; unfortunately the two specimens I had of this were lost;, and I brousht only one specimen of it here.. (translated from German script‘ by Edgar Denison, August 1988) 9 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN URS] Asa 2 Ah MR? e \ Ngughrıs N —, Po \ BIN N am me mr aA /Y NER UN Fur V. a Ph DEHAar 7 Lr A Be = ee BA Neck) 0 ya an f IR ı Ni Are | 2 Re g VRR LSRETESE I E2 Me LE RT ul Wurm Brain EREES Et 7. 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Best thanks for your letters of July 5 and October 19,1876,, the 3 manustripts and seeds of Agave and Nymphaea flava. - First the questiom s: Did you receive the packet of essgfe of mine about 1% years back! through the Smithonian Institute ?7I would be sad; if it got lost.. 1) As to the Flora of California,which contains yours of the Cacti,.please write the entire title,so that I may order it. I must have the book.. 2)As to the wish, to see the north-american oaks anatomi - cally treatet, it surprised me,because I was then abuut to write urgent to you with the[request}.to send me the wood of as many northameri- can trees as possible, as it was absolutely necessary,that I get an anatomical overview of them. There has been pressure here for a long time, "til I’decided‘ to work on the plant inclusions in am - ber and the diluvian timbers.. This shows now the relationship of amber-plants with the north-americans,which was known ale&ady to Göppert,in a much stronger degree,than he knew, .and I 7 very much Torned, sa the now living american Flora... For this new proofs,other than those, which Göopert gave s:a) an outstandingly well preserved flower of Stewardia,which I named Kowalewskii,is in my hands,about 1" in diameter,now similar in Florida,Mexico..b) several pieces, rather large,with impressions-of Sabal.......,. Sabalitis Renowii, Carp. .c) a Carya d) Celastrus and Rhamnus fruits or flowers, which at least today are present neck (?°E.D.). I enclose the traced drawing of an oustanding fragment:: Fig. 8 Gr. Fig.1,2,3 branches,Fig. 4-7 fruits od various sorts. The drawing gives enough information ‚I can spare the words. I’ may consider the plant, which is very smalllas a Gaetacea ?’and called it Patzea gaetoides and u 0 1 23 4 5.6 / 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL cm copyright reserved GARDEN - 2 - R. Caspary Von, 11, Do described in nuci, very :briefly in the meeting reports of the Physiolosical (?.E.D.) Society,which you have in St. Louis.. 3)\A.Braun,who also visited here 2 years ago,thought the plant was an Arceuthobiumyrather than a Gaetacea. I can't agree with the opi- niorıs» As you have worked specially with Arceuthobium,I want to ask you for your judgement.. I know only ArC..0XY ’eee.... (oxycidei ?/% but have only male specimens,. According to Hooker illustration '' (Fl. borealis americana)Arceuthobium oxycidei and probably the re- latives do not fit for 2 reasons)/[Satzia has a perigsom, which on top is entirely fullrimed (i.e. "entire" E.D.) and not 2-lipped’as with Arceuthobiums 2)‘Satzia has on the branch portions,which do not carry flowers, long,linear,fleshy,recurved leaves; those of Arceu- thobium are three-cornered‘,drooping,.. If you can, please send me some types of northamericanArceuthobia,e.g. Arc.varietum (?’E.D.). The genus Gaetum“ with oronnded@aleavesr fits better.. In Bronstein I find also three-needle pines,which all! re- mind of P,.Taeda.. I have of it several! pieces.. The diluvian timbers are certainly to the largest part not from the diluvium but from older deposits,. and the american trees should come much into consideration here... I have several hundred polished‘ pieces of such timbers of the diluvium,.most of them are Pines..It would be most desirable for me to have timbers of ameri- canmıtrees for comparison,.I would gladly pay several hundred Mark (‘1 Thr = 3 Mark),, 200 - 300 Mark for a good collectiom,which has been correctly identified by you..You could determine the price.. Cones of corifers,flowers,leafstems would be very welcome;sspecially’ flowers with pollen,which is found abundandly in amber. Of course,, the pollen of Pinus and Picea” species are related to each other.. Special thank for Nymphaea flava - I ee ae hr _ zomes ? E.D.) from Cambridge. Three, the best,were frozen on the 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI j BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN _ 3 - R. Caspary Feb. 11,1877 wayy as we had already in November -— 7@R (Reaumier, E.D.). But the smallest one cultivates and erows well; I hope to get it throueh.. mn n (D un + The plant is not new to me,.It was found in Mexico by Andri around 1824. Specimens I saw imCh. J. Gay's hb; written (? E.D.) NV by Gay lay a slip with the following inscription:"Nro 541 Nymphaea a Yotla,, dans le lac de Chalco May 14. Fl. rouge et javine (c'est le janne qui domine)"* 1 flower and one leaf to each herbariım H.. mus. Paris, h.Delesert.. Flowered very poorly. I did draw the plants for my Nymphaeaceis Edendis’and named Nymphaea akmost 20 years back,.In part it is Nymphaea tussilagifolia Lehm,may-be also N,mexicana Zuccariei (but not Grayzjthe plant’of Gray is Nym. elegans Hook,because blueish), I have not been successful'ito get = copy of the text for Nymphaea flava from Audubon's work in folio, though Cecilie Braun and A. Braum,and also Prof,Martens tried very hard.. It is only in the royal library in Berlin. I will have to ap- roach the British Museum,;where I did see the work actually... I am very, very thankful to you, to let me have the Nymphaea flave.. Now, it will be possible to determine the genus-of the plant;:it is probably the 1... Nymphaea of the section Lotus in America; the li- near stizsmatic elongations,the entirely smooth pollen,the runners point to this,.- I just prepared the Nymphaea (alacea,E.D.N) for the Flora Brasiliensis by V. Martiris and sent to Eichler; with it 11 tables with very precious pieces,.all mine and ori@inals, in illustrations,as far as they could be obtained.. Received from Zer- piter (? E.D.) agairra new,blue Nymphaea, .N.sansibariensis,probably the prettiest of them all,- throush Hildebrandt. I work without stopping on the Nymphaeaceae. Good work takes time.. The determina- ” = ” Pam - tiormrof species through crossing,delays me very,very much,. but pro- vides solid ground... Your Nuphar is a good species; 8 9 copyright reserved n 4 . R. Caspary Pob; 413; 1077 forms with Nuphar pumilum a very sterile bastard.. Nöw a request,.For my recreation,, which I too must have, I undertake each year several excursions in the Fall into the local! province,which is mostly terra virginica-and move’ with my own boat,, 2 men and wagon for the boat’and horse from lake to lake; I myself am. of course, on foot. Last Fall I examined’in 33 weeks more than 70 lakes, This gives me very interesting contributions for the dis- tribution of the Nymphaeaceae, .In this I arrange constantly and sys- tematically for phytographic’ demands and important‘ publications... I do not collect sites, buf every quarter mile all plants,which I find, and also all plants,which I find in the lakes- which are critical or unknown I take along.. The mosses I send to Mr.Schimper to Strassburg; He writes to me today, that ZTehad found 2 of great interest, and these point again to northamericans; : This is Conomytriuminlianum; very rare in Europe, and has never been found in a lake,except in North America and the Southern States; and second,an entirely new Fontinatis Tofu type of the northamericam Fontinatis disticha.. Now the request :: Please get me 1) \Conomytrium"inlianumfrom South American Swamps,. ana MBrontinatis dis... u.; .. Sullivan is probably dead ?°I know of nobody in NAM who collects then.. Hearty greetings from my wife,who invites you to come to us I! Best greetings to your wife and Georg. Your greatest admirer, Your R. Caspary The following page I can not tear loose from dense lobe,. (translated from German script by Edgar Denison, August 1988) RE DE EEE EEE Zu 1 2 3 2 e) 6 7 s) 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 10 MıssoUuRlıl BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Va YES UI pr an 2 & a Vs | x PO Ang % yz Re VATER TT GEST RE Be 8 2 PR HI, Last We fm AL7 Br wre hm an, Y FE 4 N a Re \ nn Pilys fesz bu AH ; A | => ze 4 / REITER pm EL 9 10 MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN } Y B 32 x 5 d ä wımni ENGEL! IMIDBSDUUVUI GEORGE 8 m 40 MISSOURIF' BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN PAPER& (AKRVEN MıssouR!l BOTANICAL GEORGE ENGELMANN 9 copyright reserved MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN Rec.-April 20 Konrigsberg, April 1,1877 Ans, May Dear Engelmann ! I write to annouce a loss to you,which will! touch you yourself as much as we have beerhit.. Alexander Braun is not living any more - he died on Maundy Thursday, March 27 in the mornig at 7:35 of infla- mation of the breast-cage (pleuresy, E.D.).. f} Oo 5 4 n 21/22 1877,with, as he thought, rheumatic paens in the lungs and ne 22. and 23. of March were tolerable. On March 24 appeared pains in the shoulder and abdominal muscles, During the afternoor his doctor, Dr,.Strassmanr prescribed morphin The next night was tolerable.- Sunday, the 25th the attack recurred’ with more fever morphine did not work,. During the nisht Sunday to Monday breathing ry became [difficult , so that the father began to talk of his death.. Between 4 and 5 in the morning the children were waked up- because the end is feared,.The father gives certain instructions about his collections etc.. of which I have not yet learned any details.,. Monay, March 26 Dr. Strassmann is there already at 7 AM,and: and brings Prof,Waldenburg for consultation,diaernosin 09 NV) | + - a) r w E iv) er 4 OÖ ‚3 Ö ) the left side of the breast, ordering 10 cupping glasses,2 bloody and 8 dry.- Tuesday, March 27 early, Julie,who awoke, called all mem“ bers of the family to the bed of the fathers Johannes was also there The father takes leave from all, blesses them,and prays with them,talks to Johannes-and conveys greetings to all absent ones by their nanes.. Ihen he falls asleep;but awakes with great pains,and calls all the 10 copyright reserved - 2 - R. Caspari‘ Anal, 1078 WERE was stronger The first night, Tuesday to Wednesday and also the Wednesday passed qui@ly,in fact,really better. However,Wednesday,. March 28 severe fever developed toward evenring,and the father begam to talk confusedly. .Thursday,early around 5 o.c..he became quäetter,, the death begamand at 7:35 life was lost... We both lose in him a true,trusted friend, I’ the best I ever had.. But for science the loss is of immense significance,.Most to be re- gretted is,that he did not combine in one opus his spores ina monograph nor his morphological research. I’ consider himas the most important, knowledgable and deepest botarist of the times, with an outstanding charactem, The younger generation has unfortunately very manyv pushers (ambitious ones, E.D.). Rachs specially;who is supposed to be a firm charactershas as "Jack of all trades" (verbatim in the text,E.D.) has got a huge reputatiormin the large public,which in — cludes the medic$. \ group,, through writing of handbooks and’ rewri- ting of original subjects of sound’ judgements.. I know, that it is not possible to replace your Braun,, but, to my ability, I will gladlyvsupply’what botanical needs you may have ir Germanys. To the burrial,which is supposed to take place this afternoom at 3 pm I can not go. My wife needs me at home, because she is in treat- ment of the most oustanding surgeon of our city,Prof.Schönhorn, be - cause a fracture (thigh)gives her great trouble as no binding has pro- perly closed it. She cannot walk and the worst pains are are on the right side, up below the breast; hopefully Schönhorn will be able to provide a breast-binding.. With best greetings from my wife and me to yours with hearty veheratiom Your Robert Caspary (translated from German script by Edear Derison, July 1988 ) MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Kr, en, Ken Dre BER N Re Ort. Mr AR ? A ee RE — | MIıSSOURI copyright reserved by» Ar Er a ie * By ee 1.22.83. 41.5. 6. 77.8.8. WM ee i BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ne Zangen N Be. 0 na j Re ER ; : f SMILE OL AN Kerr Fl Fr. GN gu N 5 48 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved . GARDEN Say % ER a SF Ar a EMI An. Ber 7 Viren u rel. e GIRL Ay Hr La <= ne Yr Mir at$ a; SEN Ara ART CRD. ER SKIN ?: er u es Panzer u Zu ir 3 „y2 Ne nee ER u IR A EEE ET Wr A 26 Ele 54 ER 3 Jr Ara) Wange JA. I DR TLRGER UT IE ee, Vor EN Me Am I oT PR Bun N RG, 7 TER A , ADD MISSOURI i BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Ar 24 DEAN ES ee | ; we u a S PAPER g £} N 3 \ x Ä MissouRı BoTAnıcAaL | MISSOURIHI , BOTANICAL copyright reserved : GARDEN Rec. Sept..2h Königsberg in Prussia Ans. Oct, 3 Sept. 1, 1877 Dear Friend ! Again I have the most sad reason to write to you, as I have beem smitten by the most painful loss,which I could suffer. My dear wife died August 29 at 2 o.c. in the afternoor of a pleuresy on the rieht side after not quite 11 days of sickness.. I wrote you, that she had to sufferin March and Aprilithrough a fracture neglected by the fa- l1ily doctor ( verbatim in German: " house-doctor",E.D.). The matter became so bad, that I' turned to the surgeon of our university,.Prof.. Schöborn, who examined the affliction with great conscientiousnesg and diligence, but who could not Create the desired’ truss with the inadequate mechanicalimeans,which are available here... I had to send: my wife to a Dr. Langgurrit in Berlin,who found the case also very difficult,and who after many trials was able to fashion a somewhat suitable truss.. These tortures fell into March,April and M ay of this year..On March 29 Braun died,which touched her very much, Then she spent the Summer vacation 4 weeks in Oliva near Danzig at the ocean in a marvelous area. Unfortunately, I could not be there,and recovered well, specially, because Cecilie was with her,she returned on July 29..On-August 4 I went to the Karteuser District for bota nical excursions, which I used to undertake every year. That is my recreation..The area is one of the worst of the district „.Sand’ and EEE .(the German word is Karschuben;not in dietionery.E.D.) During the night 19/20 August Marie took sick’ with a rheumatic fever,, the base of the suffering started from the muscles of the right side Of the breast. I only heard about it on August 24, and in the evening of the 25th I’was home..I found the situation of my wife very distur- bin. Since getting sick, she had eaten almost nothing,she had a Se- vere diarrhea,caused, as she was convinced,by too much drinking of Seltzer-water. She had been cupped (blood-letting, E.D.)after which 7 8 9 MISSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN Nrn = 2 u. R. Caspary Sept. 1, 1877 she could breath easier,but apainful,strong couerhing developed. The 1! - ” PS ı - family doctor, Dr.Wm. Schieffen declared,. after this, that the pleura were somewhat thick, but that the lungs had not been attacked.. To my zreat joy’Cecilie Mettenius arfived unsolicited during the eve- ing of August 26..- August 29 early the fever was-higher „ I saw her 3 times during the O0 EEE last time at 1% hour,she took then a little milk with tea, said, that she enjoyed this,and complained un *“ I am so benumbedj,I do not know at allwho I am-*,. At 2 o.c. the murse suddenly called my sister in law to the rooms Cecilie called me imme- diately. Mary was in her last gasps. She had sunk back into the pillows,. the difficult breathing long dram out,the eyes still open,the pupils hazy and turned backwards.. After a few moments the pulse ceased.. An hour later came the doctor, who could only verify the death. We buried her 3 minutes from my home on the nearest graveyard in the af- ternoon of August 31 at 5 o.c. in the afternoon.-As her grave, the fu- ture is entirely dark in front of my eyes. In Berlin, mother Braun has again an abscess on the breast. That this will cause her end, is certain. When ?7 That is the questiom Probably very soon. Cecilie is much needed there. She hopesto stay free one month,but then home ! What shall I do with my children of 16 and B years age ?° As to your Isoetes I sent your letter right away to Cecilie. The case has not been decided,because Cecilie is away,.I wrote to Dr.. Wagnus,that he will look for the Isoetes sent by you,which have not been published — and, also, the drawings - they will be .....:... and the latter sent to me for you. I shall send them then to you.. Nymphaea flava I have here; it increases strongly, but does not flower,.From the roots emerge runners. I do not know how to work with them .Nypmphaea tuberosa does it similarly . I had it in the open,. where it prospers well! but flowers poorly.. N.. flava I cannot of course keep here in the open.. 2 3 a R. Saspary Sept. 1. 187% = Your (see note at end of letter) I did receive sone time back,and thank you most kindly for them... The amber matter I have not taken in hand since them, but hope, to get to it soon.. Of the Amber weeds I do not need large piecesyonly that large,that the piece should come from an older trunk if possible -. Thin branches I do not reject in an emergency 02 few yearly rings in good development show, and there is a chance for a good crosscut of = W square,and for diago- nal and tangential!cuts. If larger pieces can be obtained,I wonld like them better.. Ceciliie searched in the inheritance for the pieces of wood sent by you, but did not find anything specific of that kind. - I found thoughlıin an american publicatior - where ‚I can not tell’ un- fortunately - a listing of 400 wood types of North America,which were present at the general exhibition in New York... Is'nt it possible,to get something from there ?' I! wrote 2 biographies:of Braumyone for the Flora of Regensburg,, and one for Tasman Journal of Botanyr both may be in print.. Braun"'s herbarium,collections and hand-written reports -the latter ERS REN rich and exemplary,as hardly any other person left something like this behind - have been offered by his (family,E.D.) to the goverm ment for M' 31,697.- ‚which is very anxious,to buy them for the roy- al Garden Museumin Berlin, if only the minister of finance puts the money in the budget.. The government wants to buy also the library,, which is estimated to contain 5,000 pieces.. Before April'1878 the 2 no matter can in no way be decided.. ger ED: I just examined’ 62 lakes. I travelled into the deserts,where I’ was with my wagon (tthe German is "Rungenwagen" a contraption un- known to me. E.D.) and horse,which carried my own boat,specially built for this, and 2 men, just as in Lappland’ or in previous: „Morning and evening we eat..I found agaim 4 - 5 lakes with Iosetes, 6 or 7 with Littorella,,4 - 5 with Lobelia Dortmanni' 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 3 4 ” R. Caspary’ Baptsı 14.1977 microphylla,;which Mr.. and several with the new found. The weather was horrible this time. Now, stay well} May you fare better than I, heartiest greetings to your fine wife and Georg. With hearty admiratiom, Your R. Caspary \ Nöte by translator E.D.: The German word reads like "Arieuthobien" or something near that. (translated from German script by Edgar Denison, August 1988 ) Note 2) East Prussia is covered byrlarge lakes - The Massurian Lakes, which trapped an entire Russian army in 1914 at the besinninge of world-war I. 6) 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN 7ER, FR P Zieh ER Ben va 5 LEN x I es LAH IF? NR Ka lin 2; YVr | A VA LDAEN 5 MISSOURIH: | j BOTANICAL copyright reserved . GARDEN 1-22-.,3. 43.85 .6. 72800 W Be | . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN ur er A a ee 4 BEE .2 3.41. Tr 0 IR BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN cm copyright reserved . EEE EEE TEL ET DE SEELE LTE EEE En nn Reo. Det, 12 könteatere in Prüssia,Sept.22,1877 Ans. Nov.26,1880 Esteemed Friend ! Dr. Magirus in Berlir sent to me your drawingsiandawfitten state- ments about Isoetes, which you had sent to A. Braum More could not be found. IT!’mail today a small packet to Dr. Felix Flugell,,who will get it to you through the Smithoniam .I send ittregistered,to be sure,. that he carries the task out... Since my last letter Nymphaea flave_ has had 3 blossoms. She flow- ers in day time. I examined the flowers in detail, and the plant be- longs despite the runners into the divisior Castalia, not n Lotus as I’assumed then'before I knew the flower.. Unfortunately it is late in the year and the weather is cold and rainy; and the sur shines on- ly sometimes this time of the year, daily or not at all\,and it cannot be expected this year that the flowers will! produce fruit,the less so,, as they are inclined to be fertilized by other flowers. I’ found the anthers dead on the 1st day of flowering. If this be normal, the fu-- ture will teach; the weather is too abnormal,that I will have to wait "til next year.. I have a sister-in-law in the house, Mrs. Braumin Berlin is badly ailing-from a newly broken-out, or, rather developed abscess under one arlMd „sr srHr 9, , will return to Berlin beginning October, and I hope to get by October 1 a distant relation of the Brauns,Miss Sophie Drach'from Offenburg,whom I do not know,but whom Mathilde re- commends-much, into my house, | May you be better off than I. Heartiest greetings to wife and somand best wishes for you: Ron Caspary (translated from German script by Edear Denison, July 1988 )) 7 8 ur 10 MIıSSOURI BOTANICAL copyright reserved EIER MISSOURI j BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN NER, %; gr PR NSS = R & TS \, 2 > x I Missourr BOTAnNIC GEORGE ENGELMANN Piprre A, \ N \ ya 2S u a ee A = aA Unvmn.z‘ Jun urya. | Zu MO, 19 Pate zugang u Fi N Kap, 04 ULM) an WL | ra Se U ET RE NL ER BE REIN AIG: xD 10. MıSsoUuRI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN ° ® > de ® 172] ® Be PB Roi ‚Do Ss > QO, oO ‚© w RES POS Pl Na, - use SE 5 DAR, es ne BER gE A PR HRIE a | AV ÜR ®: Rx I ar £ & TEN TUN . _>Y2dVd NNYNI3ONZ 3SHHH ee ee. ee ' N3Q4V9 "IVOINYLOgZ Iunossıu e a ei x N ; > KORSETT N SE ER 4 Fi N he ER 2 Bi an RN ne ER EL EEE STE MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN copyright reserved Rec,.April 7 Konigsberg in Prussia Ann, 10 Royal Botanical Garden March 18,, 1880 Esteemed Friend I! I thank you ver much for your letter of Feb. 11,’80. I amvery sorry, that you had to go throueh so much difficulties latelys.I heard about the loss of your wife at the time throush Mrs. Mette- nius,and, also, that Georg was severely sich with cadaver poisoning.. I am elad, that you can at least give zood news about yourself,. For the Quercus and conifers from California and the Catalpa best thanks.. More I have not ER received,. I’ further received seeds of‘ Catalpa speciosa,. Will probably not prosper in our climate,. The disserta- tion about the California conifers is most welcome. I need is for the conifers of Bronsteins ( ? E.D.) From Mrs. Mettenius I was given for you a few conißers (Thuya gisantea and others ),which Braun had put togzether for yous There is so little, that it is hardly worth - while to go throush the Smithoniarm for shipment,. Less knowrr essays, pieces with leaf-sprouts on the roots,Isoetes echinospora,I just mailed to you ‚by post,. I am in the very disarreable situation since Feb. 12 in mo - vingsrinto the new institution building in the Urban Gardem, There are two floors with 12 windows: (between bottom of page 1 and top of page 2 there is something missing. E.D..)) oe... width and looks auite imposin, It will! offer for 50 years or more a longish hall!for the collections,;,which present our work, Be- low are two auditoria and my residence of 10 rooms, kitchen, pantry;: the basement is very spacious but not deep enougliyand I fear, the floor in my home will be very cold,which I fear specially, and which is very disagreable to me,as I had become quite rheumatic in Bonn in my feet and legs,of which I recovered slowly. If you come ever again to Europe, take guarters with me) % 7 8 9 10 MISSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved er 2 Fr R. Caspary flarch 18, 1880 De the longer the better..I have a home manager, a Miss Drach, sister if the engineer Drach in Karlsruhe,the husband of Mathilde ZAmmer's daushter,who is traffic director in Karlsruhe,who does the house - keeping and looks after the children,. Unfortunatelyymuch 1s not as desired..A wife cannot be substituted by anything, especiallyy when she was so outstanding as mine,. Our family life is impoverished and our spiritual! verve,..Mathilde,,19 years old, is the oldest daughter,, is still toos withdrawn,shyy not made for the impact of business nad household,;but rather for language studies,she is not yet capable,, to direct the household and ‚all that goes with it,to handle by her- unfortunately self,.-Diphtheria, which she had when 2 years old,, robbed her/of the of the vigrour in contact with the outer world; : her legs were lame for almost # year..Mathilda strives much to compensate for the im- N insnta,xhich burden her and is specially attentive to me,but progress is very slow. Hans is in Untersecunda ( the 3rd year be- fore ending the gymnasium studies, E.D.),quite fit, practical and of a good nature,.Unfortunately, he does not know, what he wants to be- come,. His great inclination toward mineralogy has beerm suppressed unfortunately through school work,.Marie, 10 years old, is a heal- thy, veryvkind’child,resembling her mother,though not as gifted,, the darling og all! who zxet to meet her. .Unfortunately, ‚the glands of the throat and the mucous membrances: are highly sensitive, just as with my late wife,. and cause[in mefapprehensiond I wished,that it would be soon possible for Mathilda to take over the household,- In the Winter of 78/79 I advanced the plants of the ........... desert a good deal - there are rather many in private collections here,though they are generally very rare and hardly 1/10 % of the endemic ones, N originals, belonging now to the State, I have in hands. for treatment,. 7 5 9: 78 copyright reserved - 3 - R. Caspary March 18,1880 Bnsbrintateily Gbegert is a serious impediment in the descriptiom off the problems because he does not publish & a compr&hensive disserta- tiomaboutt.......+ “oeeee..,Which He has in hands since December now and probably will never publish it. He put many nambers into the world withoutta descriptiom .The material for this work is based in Danzig primarly in the collection of the teacher a ale now is dead’ ;: What will become of this collection I do not know, but, without doubt, it will not ever become available to me,, because since the separation offthe Province Prussia-into East- and West-Prussia,the people of Danzigrhave turned quite fanatically against East Prussia and specifically Königsberg, though they do not possess the strengts and ways, except money, to put themselves ina scientific way om their own feet,with the only result, that their works remaimlyin® on the side and can not be used,because they are not able to come up with‘certaintiess I organized 19 years ago a florishing botanical! societyvin the Province Prussia. Four members from Danzig resiegned 2 years back and foundeda west-prussianNorthern-zoological Societyy, which can not accomplish anything; but whichh exists-thanks to the mo- ney authorized by the west-prussian diet „‚and acts in a blown-up Banner. Bil in Danzigy professor on a real-school! (non-classical,, secondary school, E.D.) is the group leader causes me to lose much time. It is well know, that one knew only very imprecise facts about plant distribution &ven in Germanyyalso in Prussia, and the prussian species societyy now 324 members strong, is forced to explore district by district through emissa- ries. 2 districts have been examined’ carefully. I made the seed - examinations.. Nöow I want to publish the results.. That takes very much time.: 2 assistants worked recebtlyrtogether 7” hours: on the 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN m 4 er R. Caspary March 18, 1880 organization of’ thetrmaterial'prepared and collected by me, and the final! editing will take also a lot of time..- For Nymphaea studies I had lately little time, however the variatiom of the disk (\ the top of stigmas) (? E.D.) with Nuphar were worked up.. This is most remarkable. Nymphaceae have been worked on; in it for the 1st time appears a correct diagnosis of Nymphaeae alba and candidasand their kinds of species..Now shall the Nymphaceae be %e attacked agairr se- riouslyvras I get now space. In the cramped home I could not do any- thingrriseht due to lack of space,. Soon more. Greetings to Georg,im gereatest friendship Your R. Casparyv (translated from German script by Edgar Denison, August 1988 )) I EEE HE RE RE RE RE RE HE EZ a ze zn N, BEREEE 6 7 8 9 10 MIıSSOURI . BOTANICAL copyright reserved GARDEN