
          [Note in pencil: [1848]]


 44 Sixth St. NY.
 Monday Evg. [Evening]


 My dear friend--


 On the Aft'n [Afternoon] succeeding that on
 which you left the City, I saw the Kooskoosky
 Box safely deliv'd [delivered] to the Man at the RR. [Railroad] office, 
 & I therefore hope it has reached you safely--


 It is not to speak of that, however, that I am
 now addressing you, but to enquire how I shall
 make my "Obs." [Observations] upon your Carices [Carex]-- Shall I write
 on tickets & leave them loose, or 
 upon your paper itself, when the plants are glued, & if
 so in ink or pencil? or
 lastly, shall I write on labels & gum them to the paper?


 I find, in several cases you have perfectly different
 plants under the same name, as for instance
 C. Muhlenbergii [Carex muhlenbergii, a synonym of Carex vulpinoidea] consists of at least 3 specs [specimens]! & hence
 this, which to my mind, is one of the best defined of that
 set, becomes exceedingly obscure, & your chars. [characters] have
 been drawn with reference to these different forms-- 
 Now, in such cases, I propose to cut the papers, &
 they can then be glued down again on new pieces of the right size. This is [Asa] Gray's plan, & I
 think it is a good one. Do you like it? or wd. [would]
 you rather they were left together, & merely marked? 
        