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not indeed been productive of many new plants—of the few I have 
I propose to send you a list—but nevertheless full of botanical 
enjoyment, by giving me a very satisfactory Idea of the Botany of 
the regions I passed thro’. I hope you safely received the collection 
of Surinam plants which I forwarded to you just before my de- 
parture. On my arrival I found the valuable work on the Ferns 
from Greville [37] which you have kindly forwarded & beg to ex- 
press my thanks to you. Permit me to enquire whether anything 
further concerning Dr. Gates’ collection has transpired—or whether 
you have anything on hand for me, as on the 12 or 13 of Aug. 
my friend Rev. W. H. Van Vleck of New York proposes to leave 
there for Bethl[ehem] & would favor me with his kind attention to 
anything you might think proper to send. In hope of soon hearing 
from you [ remain yours 
most respectfully 
Lewis D v SCHWEINITZ 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
NEw York, May 14th 1831.[*] 
My dear Sir, 
A day or two after I dispatched my last letter to you, & before 
your most welcome epistle was received, the parcel for you from 
Dr. Greville was left by some unknown person at my house. 
I took it with me to the city for the purpose of leaving it at 
Mr. Van Vleck’s who I supposed resided in that Green Street 
(for we have two streets of that name!) which is near his Church— 
but no Mr. Van Vleck was to be found there, & as I had some 
business further in town, I left the bundle at Mr. Thorburn’s seed- 
store till I should return. Mr. T. immediately offered to forward 
it to you safely, & I concluded to leave it in his charge, but now I 
am in doubt whether I did right! I think I will call on Mr. Van 
Vleck tomorrow & request him to take care of it. You are prob- 
ably the only botanist who at present owns a copy of this rare & 
costly work [37]. There are two sets in one of our bookstores 
but the price is so great that none of us can afford to purchase 
them. I have, however, the prospect of obtaining an uncolored 
copy from Greville, in exchange for a quantity of our native 
* [Mailed August, 1831; see next letter.] 
