
          from finishing the No. [North] American Botany.
I & others are impatient for its completion.
You have never said any that about the
[Uypuicum?] I found in the up country
I was not satisfied that it was described by
Mr. Elliott or yourself. I did not, it is true,
give it a patient investigation.

I found when last in Cherokee the habitat
of the Rhus Pumilum. It grows in great
abundance just [added: 2 miles] below the [Gea.] R. [Georgia Rail] Road
Bridge over the river Hightower or Etowa [Etowah].
I had the promise of seeds & plants
but they have not been sent me.

My long ill health has prevented me
from doing any thing of late for you.
I have not in 3 years experienced a day
of healthy feeling.

I beg you to communicate to Mr. Darby
my recollections of your "Darbya".
Do let me hear from you occasionally.

Very truly yours
S. Boykin
May 25. 1847.

P.S. The packets sent you start
from here to-morrow & are directed
to the care of Wiley & Putnam
        