
          Wms College, Aug. 8th 1823

Dear Sir,

I regretted more than you could, that you 
could not send me, by Mr. W., any thing on hand.
But you encourage me in view of the prospect after
your return. And I take this early opportunity to tell 
you, that Mr. W. forgot to get me any cork, & I can
not put up your bugs. I want you should put me 
up some soon as you can, & let it come on with
what you will send. If you direct it to your friend
Troy, & get him to put it into the hands of our
stage driver, & it will come to me. Our stage leaves
Albany Tursday morning - so that, if you send
it two days earlier, it will most certainly get
to me directly. I want it soon because I leave
here soon after [?], & can not then attend
to bugology.

I thank you for any aid in
getting me [Christian] Schkuhr.  It is safely here, well
covered, & put into the works. I am glad
indeed to see it as it settles some troubles. I 
wish you to tell Mr. Halsey of its safe arrival,
& of my obligations. I shall write him
soon.

I see that C. logopodioides & 
C. sparganioides have been rightly considered by
me. Also C. leporina & ovalis, & plantaginea,
etc. etc. tho' Schkuhr has not our common variety
        