
          Recd [Received] Novr [November] 20th
 And [Answered] Decr [December] 2nd


 London. Oct 30, 1839


 My Dear Sir
 I received your
 letter of Sept a few days ago after
 2d post, but no parcel of plants
 has appared, nor have I any information 
 of the [illegible] of your Brother.
 I shall regret if the plants
 are lost. I have carefully
 followed [Gray?] in his Decades on
 Carex, and wish his [also?] were
 published more regularly. He 
 has added a great interest to
 the subject  by the accuracy and
 fullness of his habitats. I have
 not heard whether my list for
 the Br. N. Am. flora [Flora boreali-americana, or, The botany of the northern parts of British America] is printed.
 You will see in it I have
 described some new species.
 I shall at all times be grateful
 for any new species of Carex, and
 hope that Nuttall will send
 me his discoveries in it. Gray
 will send me some desiderara
        