
          hour with you, which always does
 me good, as I scarcely see any friend
 from one week's end to another.


 I am well aware that your 
 "duplicate bundles" contain "good
 pickings", & no less so, that I am
 welcome to them. Indeed, to say the
 truth, I have several times reflected
 that whilst my nascent herbarium
 is indebted to the charity of all the
 (botanical) world, I have not yet
 incorporated the contribution of my
 highly valued friend. Indeed I have
 reproached myself at times with a 
 seeming (certainly not real) indifference
 to your repeated, & most sincere offers
 of assistance. I am, however, quite
 determined that your name shall appear
 amongst the number of benefactors
 in my folios, as it will give me pleasure
 beyond the mere acquisitions themselves.
 A few days since I received a letter
 from Dr. Chapman [Alvan Wentworth Chapman], in which he announces
 the shipment of his long promised plants,
 & he also advises a small package for
 your good self, which, when at hand, I will
        