
          Recd. [Received] Apr. 25
 And. [Answered] June 6th


 Feby [February] 20, 1836 24 Gower St. Bedford Square London


 My Dear Sir


 Your Brother left your precious
 plants about an hour ago, & I thank you sincerely
 for all of them, especially the Carices, of which
 I never before saw C. dasycarpa [Carex dasycarpa], novangliaw [Carex nova-angliae], formosa [Carex formosa].
 I shall look for your Cyperaceae anxiously,
 as it will profit me much. I have undertaken
 to arrange the Carices for Hookers Fl. Bor. [Flora Boreali-]
 Americana, & I have already upwards of 130
 species some of which are new, & others not
 considered natives of America. I mean to 
 prepare a monograph of the Genus, as I have
 rich collections at hand, & I shall hope to
 make some corrections. Your C. Davalliana [Carex Davalliana]
 from the Rocky Mts is C. Pyrenaica [Carex Pyrenaica], & from the 
 same locality I have C. Magellanica [Carex Magellanica] which
 your or Dewey paper in Hookers collection
 as C. atrata [Carex atrata]. I have not studied Deweys
 papers on Silliman, but I mean to do so. His 
 figures are absolutely infamous, & your very 
 beautiful monograph in the Lyceum vindicates 
 the claim of your Country to Science. I
 cannot imagine what Dewey thought when
 he put such execrable figures forth, for they 
 cannot even in form lead anyone to a remote
 Knowledge of his plants. I shall be obliged if
 You can complete my list of Carices, & perhaps
 you will allow me to put down a few 
 of which I have either Solitary or imperfect
 specimens. I have been working at our English
 ones & have found out our C. pulla [Carex pulla] is the veritable

        