
          West Dresden Yates Co. [County] N.Y. March 19, 1847


 My Dear Sir


 In studying the grasses in my 
 herbarium I cannot satisfactorily determine the
 true Poa pungens. I have specimens labelled
 Poa pungens which I recd [received] from Dr. Sartwell
 which are scarcely distinct from your P. debilis
 specimens of which I have collected by Dr. 
 Knieskern near Watertown in this State. Dr. [crossed out: Sta]
 Sartwell says he never sent any other P. pungens
 to you nor has he any other grass which may
 be called P. pungens in his herbarium & in your
 State Flora vol. [volume] 2nd you have given him credit
 for finding P. pungens in the western part of the
 State.


 Now will [added: you] be so good as to send me what you
 consider to be P. pungens. You can send a specimen
 in a letter or at least part of one so that
 I can identify it. I should like to receive it soon.
 By sending it you will confer a great favor on
 an old friend. How soon will another number
 of the North American Flora be published?


 I have an excellent microscope imported from Paris by which
 I can see [Animaleulae?] in water & I have also made large
 additions to my bottanical library through Pamphlin of London
 & am now studying plants in my herbarium & intend to sally
 forth again to make collections in the course of a year or
 two.


 Yours truly 
 S. B. Buckley

        