
                                                        West Chester, Penn  July 8. 1833


 My dear Sir,


      Yours of the 5th. is just received.
 I am not aware that I have any specimens of
 sufficient interest to trouble you with them, in
 your contemplated examination of the Herbariums
 in Europe: but even if I had, I could not select
 them from our general collection, & put them up in
 a proper manner, in time to reach you before your
 departure.  Very few of my doubtful specimens, I
 presume, would be doubtful to you; & therefore it
 would hardly be necessary to encumber you with
 them at this time.  But it is my intention, if I
 live, to endeavor to have the benefit of your opinion
 upon them.  I am preparing to arrange the whole
 of our Herbarium agreeable to Lindley's Natural
 Orders; and as I go over the plants, I shall lay
 aside any doubts removed by some competent
 authority.  Should we be as fortunate as to find
 you with sufficient leisure after your return
 I think it probable they will all be submitted
 to your examination.  It will be a considerable
 task to go over our collection, & [?] model it, - as
 we have upwards of 4000 species in our Herbarium;
 but I hope to accomplish it before your return.
 The doubtful plants are now as scattered & mingled
 throughout the general collection, that they can only be got

        