COTTON PLANT. 371 



Linn. Whether or not this is a confederate of the xylina in de- 

 stroying the cotton plant, you are best able to judge j but I should 

 rather suppose that its ravages are not particularly directed against 

 that plant, and that its presence here is rather fortuitous. 



One of the small vials contains a Gri/Ilotalpa Americana. 



I take the earliest conveyance for this letter, in hopes it may 

 reach you early enough to be of some utility. 



Yours, &c., T. SAY. 



