
          Rec'd. [Received] Oct 25th
 An'd. [Answered] 26


 Blacks Bluff Ala. Oct 4 1839


 Dear Sir


 I have received your letter acknowledgeing
 the receipt of a small package of plants sent
 to you last June. I had previously received
 the letter which you sent to Tuscumbia. The
 weather has been so dry in this section that
 the vegetation is nearly destroyed and the
 season for gathering plants is almost past owing
 to the low state of the Alabama river.


 I shall not be able to you a package
 of plants as soon as I intended - perhaps
 not till some time in November. To what
 commission merchant had I better direct them?
 Not having heard from Mr. Carey I do not know
 whether they occupy their old place or not.
 Of the Justicia which you think is probably
 new I have from one to two hundred specimens.
 It flowers from May till October. Should I send
 all my plants to you will you take care of them
 till I return North with the privilege of selecting
 from them such specimens as  you desire. I
 find it very inconvenient to keep them with me
        