
          Ansd [Answered] Dec 24


 No. 2837 Smithsonian Institution
 Washington, D.C. Dec 3 1860


 My Dear Doctor


 I never got your letter
 of Nov 23' till today. If as I suppose
 it was enclosed in one to Professor
 Henry, this accounts for the
 delay, as he probably mislaid
 it. Better write me direct.


 Not hearing from you the
 pages were sent to St. Marks
 Place.


 I am glad to hear of the
 good arrangement you have made
 about your plants. It seems first
 rate. Can you not find a
 large number of our deficiencies
 all [crossed out: in] [added: among] your own duplicates,
 taking some of ours in exchange.
 When you are ready
 to report sets for distribution
 suggest to Prof [Professor] H [Henry] the idea of the 
 circular.


 We will do our utmost
 possible to make the Nat [National]
 Herbarium accessible and useful
 when it comes back to us

        