
          I have from 7 to 9 species of this different genus.
 It is rare to find specimens in flower or fruit.
    12 to 13 days ago I sent by Mr. Thurston a small
 package of plants, among which are some that
 I have not been able to determine.  The species of 
 [Crytagus?] have given me some trouble, and the genus seems
 to [?] revision very much.
    I have now about 920 determined species
 of flowering and [filicaid?] plants collected within
 20 miles of N. Albany.  The region explored is
 33 miles in length and about 20 in breadth.  But
 all the plants (belonging to about half of the Nat.
 orders of the whole world) and some of my
 determinations may not be correct, though I
 think I have the above number of species exclu-
 sive of varieties that have been considered as spe-
 cies by some [botanists?].
    How far has [?] Plant [prog..?]
 and when will it be completed?
    I do not find the [Rapharus vaphanitrum?] in 
 your Flora N.A. Is it not a [?] plant?
    Please to write as soon as convenient as
 I am very anxious to have your opinion on
 this plant.


                                Sincerely your much obliged
                       and most obedt servant


                                                       A. Clapp

        