
          Wms. Coll. Oct 24. 1823.

Dear Sir,

Your letter & the packages came by Murray
when I was at Pittsfield, lecturing to the Med. Instn.
I have hardly time since my return to examine the
Carices as I wish, but enough to tell you how much
I am obliged to you, for what I have seen. Now, if
you have duplicates of other Carices from Europe, or our
country which I have not, for you know all I have, I beg
you to send them to me, if I can repay you by putting
up any thing for your finds [friends?] or that can be useful in this
way to you. I want to get every Carex - the fever is high on
this point. Send them to me, & tell me any thing [reasonably?]
& you will say nothing else, & I will repay you. On
those Carices, I may say that C. ovalis has not resemblance
to that of Schwinitz, & I suspect not to that of Schk. but
I can not tell do look & compare yours of this name.
C. [Eporina?] of Eng. is indeed difft. from the ovalis, but
much like that from [Sweden?]. C. limosa is older than I
had seen, & the capsules not so flat as I supposed.

I expexcted to pay you for your Botany - I told you to put
me down a subscriber - Inclosed is more than for one
number. by the way, put up & give one to Mr. Wright
for Dr. [Henry?] H. childs, of Pittsfield, one of the [Lecturers?]
in the [?] Med. Instn. He told me he would subscribe
for it, & I agreed to send his name. If Mr. Wright
brings it, I will get it to him. Otherwise direct to him
by Mail. Pay for that No. of the Annals of the Lyceum,
& send on the work.

I mean to end the analysis of the
[Zenite?] soon as I can - you can tell how I am hurried in
all of my works, for I am now lecturing 8 times a
week to College, & my family is sick.

[left margin]
Have you heard your [portical?]
friend, Dr. J. [Portu?], lectured on
Botany in Pittsfield last summer,
& ticked out at the first attempt entirely? 
        