
          I am rather surprised that our friend Eaton
should hold to that Strontitian discovery. I have no
doubt you are right. It is possible there may be a minute 
proportion of Strontitis in it, but there can be but
little. I found no indications of any. I was then lecturing
on Chemistry, & told the class, as they know of the mineral,
that it had been mistaken. I saw no apparance of the
2nd flame at all. Did you notice any difference in
your specimens of the mineral? Some are much lighter
[?], & much more translucent than others. Some
of ¼th. inch thickness or more, were quite translucent.
They were the heavier specimens also, & the lightest
I weighed, was perhaps the darkest of all I had.

Did you send the [corb.?] of Strontian by mail? I so, it is
lost.

I shall put up a few minerals for Prof.
Agardh of Lund, & a few plants, & should be happy
[crossed out: of] to avail myself of your kind offer of an introduction 
to him, & perhaps to Mr. [Coström?], if I can at
a future day forward him some plants. Perhaps,
however, you will send all the curiosities [accessible?]
by me, & render my correspondence of little value
to them. I should be glad to get some minerals
from Sweden, if I could. Plants [crossed out: are?] [added: would] indeed [crossed out: be?] a
great curiosity, but I shall hardly be botanist
enough to repay their trouble in sending them,
or be able I fear to repay them in plants which
they would value. I thank you, however, for
your kind offer, & leave the matter to you.

In the same box I shall put up some
Orchidae for you. I have not a great stock
on hand, as I did not expect any use for them,
I have laid up but few of them this season.
You will present them to your friend at Stockholm.
I am now looking out for [crossed out: orchids] [added: Cymbidium]
odontorhizon [Cymbidium odontorhizon], for we found one [added: of the] Orchidae answering to 
Persoon's species of this name, flowering in July.
I found it also last year, but I have not yet seen
        