
          could come in possession of them soon, as they will
only get revised here any how, and you are the only
individual who ought to have them, or who can do
any thing with them. So that if you wish to have
them for examination, and do not anticipate
being in Washington soon, I would suggest to you
the propriety of writing Colonel Peter Force, the present
vice President of the Institute who is a liberal
minded man, and who paid the frieght on them out of
his own funds (as said Institute is not worth one
cent.) and by stating to him the advantages that would
arise to the country and the Institute, by your being
put in posession of them at an early date. He 
might consent, and if so, I will pack and 
send them on to you without delay, and I
think they will please you, and pray excuse
my suggestions.

Do you know of any book where Adiantum 
Chilense, Kaulf. [Kaulfuss, for Georg Friedrich Kaulfuss] is said to be native of California.
I have seen it so stated somewhere, but plant
from that country is distinct from the Chilean one.
What is the North and Southern limits of Adiantum
pedatium Linn. [Linnaeus] in the U. [United] States proper? We collected it in
the Oregon. In what work can I find the Oregon
        