
          Buffalo, March 3, 1864

My dear Sir, 
I read your [?] of the 24th
[?] yesterday morning, on my return
from Albany, and am obliged to 
answer very briefly.

Thanks for your consenting to look
at this Aster. There are but two
that I am seriously troubled about. 
One Gray positively declined passing
upon and the other he suggested
might be a [state?] of A [Aster][?].
My impression is that it is the
[?] of [T. VG.?] and that 
what ordinarily passes for that
species- the humble, struggling,
zig-zag fellow- is distinct. 
This fellow is 3-6 feet. I am 
sure one I saw was as tall as 9-
though I did not go up to it &
measure- and as erect as a
        