
          Society Hill, S.C. Jan. 15th 1851


 My Dear Sir, 


 I have yours of the 15th ult. [ultimo], & am much
 obliged to you for the favor.


 I have sent a parcel of plants to Charleston for you, directed
 to the care of John Wiley, N. York. I hope it will reach you
 in good condition, & prove serviceable to you, though but a
 small collection. It is part of a collectio made here last
 season & you will therefore know the localities of all the species
 when these are not indicated. You will see nothing new, but
 I suppose the specimens will be useful in exchange. Next
 year, if prospered, I will send you more.


 I will mention now, lest I forget it, that I have had
 communication with [Edward] Tuckerman since his return home, & have
 learned that the curious Solorina I sent you in a letter last
 Spring is S. Desprauxii [Solorina despreauxii], Mont:. It has been previously collected
 by [Thomas G.] Lea in Ohio. I surely thought I had got a new
 species; but it is as good as new for its oddity. 


 I am please that you have reserved the Texan Fungi
 for me. I have a few of [Charles] Wright's collection already, but hardly
 anything of interest. The same may be said of a few species
 gathered in N. Mexico by [August] Fendler. I possess them by favor of
 Mr. Tuckerman. I hope yours will contain something more

        