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&c. Mr. F. brought with him all his collections made since April, 
except living Cacti and seeds, which were to be sent after him, and 
have not yet arrived. The box with dried plants and barrel of 
Cacti, sent in April, are not come. 
All my leisure time has been devoted .to assist him in arran- 
ging his collections: they are beautiful, the specimens mostly 
splendid, and a great many new things amongst them. But they 
are not well selected: of some he has collected eighty to, one 
hundred specimens; of other, equally interesting ones, only five to 
ten or fifteen, when he might have gathered many more. It is 
not yet in my power to form an opinion about the number of speci- 
mens or species, but I hope he may be able to pay his expenses 
and the advances made to him, and have something besides, 
though that will not amount to much. What I see, is a proof 
of what could and ought to be done there. 
“ Nov. 14th. 
“T have just written the above lines and will send them off 
without more delay. A few words about Fendler’s collections. 
They are now nearly arranged and the specimens counted: his 
collections contain about one thousand species, but perhaps not 
more than three hundred with thirty or more specimens, many 
with only a single one. They were all in the greatest con- 
fusion ; and it took a long time to arrange them, for sometimes the 
specimens of one species were in ten or fifteen different packages. 
So he has collected perhaps eighty or one hundred of one, and de 
ten or fifteen only of another species; but the specimens are fine _ 
and mostly very complete. As soon as I have made the selection, - dim 
I shall send the plants to you, and they must be worked upon 
rapidly, since Fendler is going to distribute them in the shot | a 
possible time, and he is very much in want of money. 
. “You will do me a favour, therefore, if you will have a short 
notice published immediately here and in England, stating that Mr. —— — 
A. Fendler has arrived in St. Louis with a rich botanical collec. — 
tion from near Santa Fẹ, and that he offers about ten sets of some- 
thing like four or five hundred (perhaps more) species, | ten more 
of about three hundred, and da more of 200 species, most, of à 
