234 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
served your displeasure. Now I shall first answer your letter 
& then talk about myself. 
It gives me much pleasure to learn that you are still interested 
in the Carices. There are doubtless many N. Amer[ica]n species 
yet to be detected. Indeed I know of several not in the Mono- 
graph [71], such as C. praecox, &c., besides some that you de- 
scribed, & which though not admitted, are perhaps distinct species. 
Prof. Dewey has several of yours that I thought it prudent to 
omit for the present. Your C. nigromarginata cannot be the 
one called C. marginata in the Monog.—nor your C. marginata the 
C. vestita of the same. The C. nigromarg. I left out altogether 
though it is described by Dewey [19], & the C. vestita I think is the 
genuine one—Indeed the last mentioned species is too distinct to 
be mistaken. 
The promised commentary on my Flora [89] I shall greatly 
value. Indeed, the only way to get a perfect work, is for those 
who are engaged in similar pursuits to concentrate their forces. I 
shall always welcome liberal criticism on my book, & take ad- 
vantage of every hint towards improving the next edition, should 
another be demanded. The 2nd vol. I shall get out as soon as I 
can afford it, for by the former vol. I have lost considerably. I 
have not yet sold sufficient copies to pay expenses, within $500! I 
have indeed a publisher who neglects my business extremely» 
though I paid him a high price for his work.—The book is printed 
& sold on my own account. Have you seen the little compendium 
which I lately published [87]? I will request the printer to send 
you a copy immediately. It is a synopsis of my larger work,— 
something on the plan of Smith’s Compend. Gt. Britn. [80]. This 
I lose nothing by—So that I consider myself particularly for- 
tunate!— 
I expected you would make great additions to your Herb. 
by your visit abroad, & it seems I was not mistaken. If there [are] 
any duplicates among your specimens, I entreat you to remember 
an old friend. It will give me great pleasure if I can supply any of 
your N. Amern. desiderata, & I think it will be in my power so to 
do, as I have now some active friends in the Eastern States who 
are collecting for me. I believe I have the lists which indicate 
your deficiencies. Mr. Halsey has done but little in Botany since 
