
          on the road to Troy.

I thank you for your book of
Lichens it is a gift valuable to me. I have found out
what Sprengel meant to write, as I believe, & he marked [Pothos?] &
the Ilex as new ones to him - this is the whole of his [mark/work?] to them,
Can I send any more to him?

Did Emmons send you pseudomorphous
morphous crystals of [Stiolite?]? Siliman admired mine much
said he never heard of the like - all he had from [Europe?] [were?] mere
little pins or crystals.

Do send me some of your stinking
feldspar I want it much. In your next letter do write
the name of the Botonist of Salem N. C. as you pronounce
it for I do not [read?] it, as it is too full of German for my organs.
You have a fine parcel of crystals, on the way. Just
send me duplicates of 1000 of them by the way
the plants you talked of sending last fall have
now reached me.

The plants in flower
when you wrote [were?] most of them then in flower
here at that time. Prof. Silliman observed that our [?]
[?] were more forward than on the sea-coast at N. Haven.

I am amazed at what you say of Johnson what
he means, I can not conceive. I have indeed no interest in
him, except as a man, & I regret to hear he is doing noth
ing. But he stands or falls by himself. His [?], I [presume?],
did not expect this. I have found Gyrophora papillosa, a [Cya
thus?] or [Peziza?] or both, & some new mosses, & Jungermannia.
Ilex canadensis,- its [?] description must be like this.

Corol 0; petals 4, lanceolate, alternating with the stamens; capsule
4-[celled?], 1-[?]. I have examined it carefully - It is polygamous - has 3 to
5 stamens & 2 to 4 [?] stigmas. You find staminate, & pistillate & her
maphrodite flowers on the same plant, & you find some [bushes?] all stami
nate.

Your friend  C. Dewey

Dr. J. Torrey
        