
          their definitions are nearly the same. I do not find S. prinoides this
year, & must have been mistaken last year unless I have confounded
it with S. myricoides. I shall have another loook I know however
that I send you the leaves of all I did last year. But the truth is, the leaves
differ on the same tree very much. S. [camifera?] has leaves on some branches
nearly glaucous and agrees well with S. discolor but on the other branches
you find many leaves villose underside, & the two or three terminal
leaves very much so. Bigelow's distinction of Actaea rubra & alba and
not very clear on the [peduncles?] as you will see & I can trust only the
fruit to tell me which is [?]. If you want more specimens of any I
now send you, write me soon. I suppose you get pertrifactions from
Hudson, from [?] Falls, & from Albany Co., or I would send
you some. I would [?] Mitchell's collection & study it. Make him
open it [foreign phrase?]. Indeed it is [?], that he does not open
it to you & [so?] of the other man. Those [locked?] up [?], never
will do any good. You may relay on it, if locked long, the owners do
know what they have.

I am sorry [Roj?]. [multiflus?] now
spins so fast [nature?] makes them quite fast enough
for the botanists without artificial aid.

Perhaps some bugs will go in this box if not at another time.
By the way, the opportunity [?] of sending, which led me to promise
you a box soon. Will you give some of these minerals to the
Lyceum for me. I have no time to think on your [?]. The Latin is
well enough but the [pappus?] have off. I should rather have a [figure?]
looking at flowers & rocks & shells.

My bugs are in good state,
but may be injured in getting to you. I want their names - & I
should be glad to see some Europeans.

What is Brial's [Nov.?]
[?]. [Mns?]? If good on genus & species, I would like it. But I suspect
his Species [Mns?]. would be better. Talk a little about somke of those
soon to me, & I will write you which. Will the [?] [?] [?].
come in the box you promise me . I want to say more about
plants - but I am obliged to stop, & am with high [?]

Your friend C. Dewey
Dr. J. Torrey

        