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acceptable to you—which would be. instar a command to send 
them. Besides you will there find (miserable specimen I fear) the 
Jungerm. you requested in your last. That kind & precious letter 
arrived here during my absence from home—while I had the good 
fortune to receive the plants you last sent on my journey at 
Philad. & enjoyed them greatly. I have since delayed answering 
from an anxious desire to give you my opinion on the Jungerm. 
sent. Unfortunately my time has been so taken up by urgent 
duties, that I have not succeeded in finishing their examination. 
They appear, most of them, to be such as I had seen before—but 
I shall beg leave, after a while [to] communicate my remarks. 
My hopes of seeing you at New York this season are nearly 
vanished as I shall be under the necessity of making a journey 
of business to Muskingum in July. Possibly this may however 
result in the acquisition of a good number of Western plants, as 
I propose traveling in a manner that will permit botanizing. 
I think it needless to repeat how very much I am obliged 
to you for all your kindness & more especially for the last package. 
During my stay at Philad. Mr. Say gave me some hopes that 
you would still join the expedition of Mjr. Long—but I am sorry 
to have heard nothing further. In my next—excuse my hurry— 
they are calling me in ten directions—I hope to give you some 
satisfaction upon the several points your last favor mentions & 
mean while remain ` 
Yours sincerely 
Lewis D v SCHWEINIiTZ 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
[No Date. Perhaps the letter of September 10, 1823, referred 
to in the following] 
Dear Sir 
I was sorry to learn this afternoon that your friend Mr. Kum- 
mer leaves town early tomorrow morning, as I cannot get ready 
for this opportunity, a package which I hope will be acceptable to 
you. Not willing, however, to send Mr. K. empty away I send 
by him a copy of the rst Volume of Agardh’s Species Algarum [3] 
which I a few hours since received from Sweden. Also a copy 
of the rst No. of my Flora [89] which I beg you will accept as 
