JET." 33.] TO HIS FATHER. 313 



Gaura Lindheimeri is a very fine plant, and flow- 

 ered fully three months in our Garden. I am hav- 

 ing a drawing hoping to publish it sometime. I 

 want more seeds of CEnothera rhombipetala. Ours 

 flowered while I was away, and was killed by the frost, 

 so that I secured no drawing. Send me all the seeds 

 you can. 



Inquire about the express to the East. We must 

 somehow have the means of a more speedy and regular 

 communication of parcels. 



I found what I believe is your Lepidanche adpressa 

 at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Also some others in 

 the mountains, which, with a few other plants, I 

 will send to you by express soon. . . . 



You know I am obliged now to prepare for a ter- 

 rible course of public lectures, to commence in Feb- 

 ruary, so that I cannot work at the " Flora " until 

 spring. But I will find time to study and revise any 

 sets of Lindheimer's, Geyer's, and Liider's plants you 

 send. . . . 



As to my paper on Ceratophyllaceae, I have long 

 since wished it unpublished, as it contains mistaken 

 views. So I do not care to distribute it. 



February 2, 1844. 



I have saved Gaura Lindheimeri by cuttings put in 

 pots last autumn. We shall have it in flower early 

 in the spring, and then shall exhibit it at the Horti- 

 cultural Society's rooms in Boston. 



TO HIS FATHER. 



CAMBRIDGE, November 18, 1843. 



MY DEAR FATHER, The return of my birthday 

 brings to mind, among other shortcomings, that I have 



