
          Boston June 17 1823

 Dear sir

 By sloop Orion, a regular packet
 I sent you packet of plants a large portion
 of which are grasses. You will do well to
 inquire at the vessel when you see her arrival
 in the papers, as Capt. Godfrey does not know
 where to find you. As I have been much
 engaged since I last wrote, the specimens are 
 put up in great haste & will probably prove
 in many instances duplicates as I have selected
 them at odd jobs & have not looked at them
 a second time. A large portion of them are
 without names, being specimens which I had laid
 aside for future investigation, or sent to nearby
 correspondents in the N.E. [Northeastern] states, & which I have
 thought better to send & let you judge for 
 yourself, then to keep them till it is too late
 for your book. I think I formerly sent you
 the plant I collected  Holcus monticola from the White
 Mts [White Mountains]. It was not then described in any book received
 here, but I since find it is exactly H. alpinus of 
 Wahlenberg. H. Scpp. - In the packet you will
 find Eriophorum alpinum from the White hills
        