
                                                                                                                                                        Wms [William] Oct 29th 1821

Before this you have my letter [crossed out letter: o?] by
... Lest you should think that not enough
...again. By the greatest effort I have
...his plants for Mr. [Porim?] 
...him that they are now to start. I have [?]
[missing text due to paper being ripped] the box to you- it will go by the [Stan?] Boot with
this letter, if it goes as it ought.You will open
the box, by taking off that part of the lid, on which
a [postboard?] with your name is [marked?]. you will
then get a package of [Conicus and Grypts?] and a 
few others for you. I hope you will tell me  the [names?],
right or wrong of all [found?]-not omitting a few numbers,
which are not named. [Please?] to keep these separate
from those numbers by Mr. Wright. I expect he will
come today with names. so much for what I found.
I have [Cyogloprium amplxicanle?], hit only a [op...]
[?]- I hope to get for you an.other year.
In looking over your letter of Sept.3rd, I find a
few things which I did not notice before, 2 [?]- and
on which I will [?].
That [underlined word:?] magonolia, you call M. glouca,
might for ought I know-but I thought it another [sp.:word could be species]
You do not always give me the author's whose
[?] you mention.
I sent you a [thing?], No.29, last fall "looks like the 
{this phrase is underlined in the letter: work of an [ inst...?: possible word could be an abbreviation for institution]}"-probably it is so-I found it
        