
          Williams College June 29th 1819.

Dear Sir,

I rcvd. your letter, giving some account of
the astors etc. in due time, & had hoped to get a letter &
plants & minerals to you before this. The gentleman has
delayed, & probably will not go to New York. But he [?]
to put the box on a way to reach you. You will get
it at the house. at which you found the others last autumn,
viz. Dr. J. C. Cooper's, South Street, Smith's Basin.

I thank you much for the attention you
have paid the plants. You do not say whether many
were new or rare to you. If they were not, you are
sadly paid for your labor. I must only [?] on what you
say about the astors, tho you caution me to the contrary.
I give you many thanks for the expected box of minerals &
plants. I hope they will reach me here long. Dr. Robbins
of Troy, would, if directed to his care, forward them to me.
I want to write you many things - but I may not be very
methodical. This is owing somewhat to the fact, that the
things are rather disconnected. Please to present my acknowl
edgements to Mr. [Pierce?] for his attention to minerals for for me - 
can I make any return in minerals, which would be valu
able to him?

I made a remark on Oenothera, I sent
last fall. The truth of the remark is still more ceertain on
all the specimens of this spring. It is not O. chrysantha of
Eaton. Two or three Cerices, you have not mentioned to
me - I think they are undescribed in Muh. & Eaton. The
Carex, you think is new & found last year, I have found this
year, & much lower than on Saddle Mt. - flowers in May 
grows in wet places - & as it has very generally two fruit on
a spiklet, may it not br called C. dysperma? I have found
about six others which escaped me last year, viz, C. viris
cens [virescens?], C. pubescens I think, C. conoidia, C. acuta, & two
or three more. Carices abound here. C. [pulbita?] grows close
by me - I believe I sent you from Pawnot or Con. River.
That C. cespitosum, as you called it, is not in Muh., as it
seems to me.

That Oryzopsis is a new species most
certainly. Comparing it with [encircled: 1] [crossed out: [asperifolia?]], sent you last fall,
x which is O. melanocarpa of Muh. & O. asperifolia Mx.,
it differs in many aspects. I send a discription with a
few specimens. I would call it O. [Cuscocarpa?], as it its
fruit is white, & the [?] contrasts with that of Muh. I
shall give it to the public unless you say I althogether mis
take. Flowers in April. Carex [visicaria?] you say is
doubtful - I think it is more than doubtful. I send a
poor specimen much [?] C. [visicaria?], it seems to
me. I have not found it yet this year. I wish you

[ left margin] Do not [but?] the Post [Masster?] charge you
double postage for these [plants?] - as this is
but one piece of paper. He doubled your last letter
to me, but it was taken off at our office, & this
will not be doubly charged here.   
        