
          Recd. [Received] Oct. 30th

West-Chester, Penna. [Pennsylvania] 
Oct. 27. 1851.

My dear Sir,

I was highly gratified,
today, by the receipt of your interesting 
favor of the 24th. Those little specimens 
of the new Darlingtonia are very
satisfactory; and I think the shrub, when
in bloom, must be rather pretty.
I am very glad to learn, that there 
is some prospect of obtaining the living
plant, by means of seed, or otherwise.
We have an excellent young nursery
of ornamental & other plants, here, in
which my eldest son has an interest;
and if, by any means, a correspondence
could be established, I think the proprietors 
would be very desirous to avail
themselves of it, [added: at any reasonable expense,] to procure all sorts of
interesting novelties from California.
If, through your kind intervention, Dr.
Hulse could put our nursery men in
the way of getting the Darlingtonia, and
other rarities, they would be very thankful,
and I should be exceedingly pleased.
Perhaps even the young plants might
be packed so as to come alive, if there is
any person, there, who would attend to it.
        