
          Ribes lacustris [lacustre] If i am right the berries of the plant
 are sometimes smooth & sometimes prickly.


 Astragalus carolinianus excepting the difference in the shape
 & size of the Legume I can find no difference between
 this & A. canadensis.


 Crataegus --- ? I send you a description I drew from the 
 living plant. --- ? thorny: leaves petioled, deltoid.
 - ovate, acute, doubly serrate towards the apex, entire
 at the base, with short scabrous pubescence above,
 glabrous beneath, pedicels pubescent: calyx sub-pubescent;
 divisions lanceolate, accuminate, ciliate, serrate;
 serratures glandular: styles one to three.
 10 feet. May. Flowers somewhat nauseous scented;
 stipules [?]. [Note added: Probably C. glandulosa]


 The specimens with no locality mentioned are from Gorham


 If there should be any thing in this region that
 you would be pleased to have I shall be very happy to
 exchange with you for plants from your vicinity.


 Let me conjure you in the name of the 
 Goddess of Patience not to make me wait 5 months for
 an answer to this


 and believe me in haste


 most sincerely yours


 W. E. Aiken


 Prof. John Torrey

        