280 A DECADE OF WORK AT HOME. [1841, 



passengers, a stranger to me, but an acquaintance of a 

 friend of mine, had charge of a small parcel for you, 

 consisting chiefly of proof sheets. 



October 15, 1841. 



I will send by the next London packet (Que- 

 bec) and write more at leisure. I have to-day sent 

 on board that ship a box for Parnphlin, containing a 

 parcel of plants for you (all of any consequence of 

 my small Carolina collection with some others). Few 

 as they are, I trust it will give me a pleasure I seldom 

 can enjoy that of adding something to your her- 

 barium. Mr. Brydges takes also for you the proofs of 

 a gossiping article on the botany of the southern 

 Alleghanies, etc., which I have taken the liberty to 

 address to you, and hope it will meet your approval. 

 I shall send you clean copies, as soon as they are 

 printed. The article will not appear here until the 1st 

 of January. I send you also some ripe seeds of 

 Diphylleia for your garden. I have live roots in 

 the care of a cultivator. If they live shall send you 

 one in the spring. . . . 



I must not forget to mention that my package also 

 comprises a set of Ohio Mosses from my friend Sulli- 

 vant, of whom I have often spoken, and of whom as a 

 botanist we have high hopes, as he has an independence 

 (for this country), talent, and much zeal. If not too. 

 much trouble, I join with him in requesting you to 

 name them according to the numbers, by which you 

 will do him great service, as he designs to study and 

 collect American Musci especially. 



