
          We have had a most remarkable season
 from June to Sept.  The rain has fallen almost 
 incessantly -- our crops were almost ruined in
 consequence then came the Catterpillar [sic] & swept them 
 entirely - Most of our plants will make a mere
 fraction of a crop while others will make nothing
 Since the rain has ceased I have been busy preparing
 specimens but I find nothing new as I cannot with
 safety extend my trips to that ineresting region South
 of me  You will recollect that I am on the frontier
 and the Indians hold undisturbed possession of the country
 between me & the Gulf   The Androm. rhomb. [Andromeda rhomboidalis Veill. ] & Rhododend.
 punct. [punctatum] grow there but it is as much as my neck
 is worth to venture down [crossed out:there] although parts of this 
 Co have been settled since 1825 yet no white person
 to my knowledge has ever traversed that unknown
 region & you can imagine my anxiety to plant the 
 standard of Flora in the midst of those wilds


 My old friend Mr Carnochan will deposit this &
 the Catalogue [?] in the P O at New York


 Very respectfully
 A.W. Chapman
        