
          This letter will be forwarded by Mr. Wolcott Huntington
 72 Beaver Street N York who will either deliver it himself
 or send it by a confidential person


 If it should be convenient to send a package to his
 care as above I shall receive it by Mr. J Watkinson
 who will call on Mr. Huntington's Store or office [crossed out: and] in
 2 [added: or 3] days after Monday. by the way any package for
 me may always be forwarded so for the present
 or hereafter by leaving it at Bunkers Mansion 
 House Broadway where several of my friends
 from this City are often there, and will at all time
 cheerfully take charge of a small parcel for me
 You were so kind as to offer me your copy of Hookers
 Brit [British] Flora 1st Edition  Can you send this.


 I regret you did not send me your asters for
 Comparison with my set are they gone to Europe?
 or are they going? I want to know because on this
 depends whether I bring mine along when I come
 and what about the genus Solidago.


 Again let me enquire if you can procure
 me Muhlenberg Cat [Catalogus plantarum Americae Septentrionalis] or is it likely to be reprinted
 are there any sets of Dr Grays Gram & Cyp [North American Gramineae and Cyperacea] undisposed
 of? I am very desirous to hear from you will
 you give me line in answer as soon as
 possible? or with the books I hope to receive from
 you

        