Engelmann, George June 4, 1843 [1] (seq. 81)

Arrvd. June 22. St Louis June 4th 1843

My dear Doctor,

Your letters of 25 and 28 March have reached me, as also all the parcels
entrusted
to the care of Mssrs Poppe.— I am sorry to be failed again in my endeavor to
name a new genus after Lindeheimer, but will try again as you say. He is now
busy
in Texas; in New Orleans he has been for some days with Prof {John Leonard}
Riddell and got good
hints from him. — He has sent me about thirty specimens from Galveston in
a very small parcel, of which I have sent you some a few days ago to the
care of Mr {John} Carey. — You will find the Linum berendieri, certainly
distinct; you will
oblige me by classing them; especially the Primulacea, for me certainly a new
genus,
but probably not new to others as it is comon on Galvesston.— Also the
Utricularia
from wet meadows.— The Atheropogon from Beardstown appears to me new and
I have
ventured to name and describe it. Among his plants is your Psoralea rhombifolia
with fine fruit.— So Lindheimer is at work and will send me a collection
perhpas by the end of this month, for distribution.

Geyer left here under the protection ofDr. Wm {William} Stewart; he had to equip
himself
and arm himself; for food and especially for transporation of
baggage, and collections
Stewart is furnished by Stewart who has left here beginning of
this last month
with a party of about 60.

Lüders is also gone with him, but more especially with a party
of Catholic missionaries, who have a settlement on the upper waters
of Clark river, I believe. He expects to stay there next winter and
perhaps next summer too. Geyer will perhaps return to the foot
to the mountains, and the Black Hills and make his collections
there; but he is yet undecided.

These three offer their collections for sale; I will here take care
of them, number, etc the different collections specimens and they may
be had either here from me or from you or some body else
east, New York for example, who would trouble himself with this business.
Perhaps Mr Carey would take care of it, and take one set for his
trouble. I wish you would arrange all that, if you can do it
without much trouble. Your offer to assist me in naming
the plants will be very acceptable, as I am from want of the new
works and other reasons unable to do much in that way. I shall
therefore always send you a full set of the plants as soon as I can
after their arrival for that purpose, which you will please keep for
your own herbarium. —

Now the price: You think $10 the Rocky Mt plants and $8. the
Texan plants are proper prices — Hooker writes me £2 is the
usual price in England, $10. or 2 guineas would be too much for many
to pay in New York as they have to bear freight and entrance duties (!!)
besides; still he sends the names of 4 subscribers, Prof {Alexander} Braun my
correspondent
in Germany writes me that about $8.00 is the highest price, paid in