
                                               West Chester, Penn.   May 1. 1832


 My dear Sir,


                         Yours of the 1st. of March was duly
 received; and since then, I have received a pack-
 age of specimens from you - accompanied also by
 the collection made in Alabama, by Dr. Gates
 for our cabinet.  About two weeks ago, Mr. Carey
 handed me a copy of your Edition of Lindley's in-
 troduction, which you had forwarded to Philadelphia
 so that I now feel it incumbent on me to
 send my English copy of Lindley, & a couple of copies
 of my catalogue, according to promise, without
 further delay.  I had intended to put up a package
 of undetermined & doubtful plants - including
 those from Dr. Short, as requested by you - so as to
 make but one parcel of the whole; but I find
 my engagements such that I cannot do it
 without delaying the books too long.  I shall
 therefore take the books to the city, & request
 Mr. Dobson to forward them to you, by the first
 opportunity.  You need not despair, however,
 of receiving a package of the above mentioned
 plants. I will still bear them in mind; and
 will put them out, the first leisure I can
 command.  I am sorry to have to say, that I
 shall not be able to send you even a poor specimen
 of the Tipularia, just now, - for I took up the bulbs
 with those which I procured in Virginia, & when I
 got home I planted them all, in the hope that they
 might grow; but, unfortunately, I believe they are all dead.

        