mr. 33.] TO HIS FATHER. 313 
Gaura Lindheimeri is a very fine plant, and flow- 
ered fully three months in our Garden. I am_ hay- 
ing a drawing — hoping to publish it sometime. I 
want more senda of Cénothera 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 
a 
As to my paper on Ceratophyllacee, I have long 
since wished it unpublished, as it contains mistaken 
views. Sol 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. 
: CamBripGE, November 18, 1843. 
My pear Faruer,—The return of my birthday 
brings to mind, among other shortcomings, that I have 
