
          Washington D.C.


 July 11. 1854


 My Dear Friend-


 I arrived here yesterday
 and found what of our party remains in
 the city all quite well.


 I should be glad if you can box those
 living plants I collected on the Isthmus
 conveniently and send them here to the care
 of Prof [Professor] Baird who will have them properly
 attended to with our other collections
 by the public Gardener here. Nearly all
 the Cactaceae I collected are living and in
 a much handsomer state than I had reason
 to expect from their long & perilous journey.
 The Pancratium I should like to have
 sent also if it can be arranged.


 I shall be engaged for a week or two in
 making a statement of the Finest trees
 on the Route of our survey and I shall
 be much obliged to you if you could
 make a small package of the Coniferae
 in my collections which I would like to
 get illustrated before Mr. Muhlhausen [Mollhausen] leaves. 
        