
          I believe I said that Prunus pygmaea seemed to be
P. homalis in the Manual. But when Eaton was here
he could not make it so.

About the Ribes, I know
not what to say. R. glandulosum answers better to
Eaton's description of that plant, [for?], than to any others.
It is hispid or glandular hairy - fruit covered with the
same hairs or bristles. I know not what else to call it.
Perhaps you can make objections to it, which I can explain.
It is Ribes, as I believe fully. Prostrate - racemes [sub-cmts?].
Ribes granti [grantii?] I have overhauled till 2 am tired of it. It seems
to me more this than R. conobasti. [Spines?] axillary, al
most without exception, & almost always solitary. You
will see 20 single to one pair. The teeth of leaves bad for
either species. Berris [Beries?] glabrous, but often having some
spines, purple, reddish purple, or purplish brown, & green also,
when ripe, - pleasant to the taste. I mean to tell you more
of it by & by, with some more of the plant. I say this now
that you may write me more about it, if you wish.

The new Aronia, I thought, must be A. ovalis - but
the leaves are not round-oval - flowers hardly racemed. I was
in hopes you was familiar with it & could tell at once.
I was on the Mt. - without a book - weather hot - & I could
not keep the plant in any tolerable state.

The Lonicera hirsuta v. [Gatoni?], do you mean to
call L. villosa.

The Juncus campestris, I did not
mean to send - I picked it up [?] one day, when
I had got J. pilsis, & sent it by mistake. It is all I
had & I am glad you have - I may another year get
some more.

About that tetrandous tree, I know nothing. As it
is in a garden, I [know?] it to have been set out.
It is called buck-thorn - but can not have that name.
I supposd it exotic, & imagined you must know it. When
I got the flowers, it was both for the flowers - no corol was
[?] & I could not [?] that any one was seen. I am
sorry, you was so troubled about it. It grows like
the common thorn - 15 - 20 high - & is the only one
I ever saw. 
        