
          & a kind & generous friend.
 You will not require any
 introduction for I have already
 spoken of you thro [through] the 
 letters of my Friend Bigelow
 & Prof. H [Professor Hooker] is most anxious
 to receive mosses & any rare
 plants from you. He
 will return [?] such as
 his splendid collection will
 enable him to share. I
 have enjoyed his correspondence
 & Friendship several years.
 have recd [received] larger contributions
 from him than any naturalist
 in Europe. He is the owner
 of my American Herbarium
 which I sent him as the
 only acknowledgment I could
 make for his great kindness.
 With wishing you many
 years of health to pursue

        