
          Delphinium scopulorum, Silene Greggii,
 Rubus neo-mexicanus [neomexicanus], Heuchera rubescens,
 Symphoricarpos rotundifolius, Tagetes
 micrantha, &.C. [etc.] &.C. [etc.] and how many more I
 can not tell because I am unable to identify
 them from memory. I have written Dr.
 Gray upon the subject but have had time for
 his answer. With regard to my Copper
 mine collections, they were not made under Maj [Major]
 Emory's orders but entirely before he came into
 the field and properly belong to the Smithsonian
 Institute. If Dr. Gray should persist in
 the publication of Plant: [Plantae] Wright: [Wrightianae] Fendl: [Fendlerianae] & Lindh: [Lindheimerianae]
 after Comp. [Completion?] under the auspices of the Institute
 my Copper mine plants should either precede
 or accompany it. From your not
 having written I presume you have made no
 arrangements with Maj [Major] Emory with regard
 to our Collections. Please write soon.
 I sent yesterday a package of seeds collected
 last summer & fall in Texas which you
 can share with Dr. Gray or indeed any other
 person you see proper. I have sent a 
 similar one to Prof [Professor] Baird at Washington.
 Give my respects to your kind family & Mr. Wright.


 Accept assurances of my
 [crossed out: illegible] sincere regard & friendship
 Your obt [obedient] sert. [servant]
 John M. Bigelow


 Prof [Professor] John Torrey MD.
        