Bidspirit auction | RENGEL EDUARD AUGUST VON: (1815-1892)

RENGEL EDUARD AUGUST VON: (1815-1892) - RENGEL EDUARD AUGUST VON: (1815-1892) German horticulturist and botanist who served as the Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg. A.L.S., E Rengel , to the recto of a plain postcard, St. Petersburg, 9th August 1885, to a gentleman with the New Plant & Bulb Co. in Colchester, England. Rengel states, in part, ´Iris iberica I am still expecting. Iris reticulata, the true lila flowering form, I can supply you. Should you like this, and not the blue variety, pray you to write me´ . Hand addressed by Rengel to the verso. Some overall age wear and minor staining, G