
          Recd. Sept. 22nd

Ansd. Oct. 27th

Sept. 19. 1834

My Dear Sir,

I was glad to hear from you yesterday,
as I have been on the point of writing you about
those Carices. I have examined them & determined
all but two of them to my satisfaction. I find
one named C. "membranacea", in your hand
but who gave it, you or others, as I wish to
give you the name, if it is yours. I did not
know before, from whom you [recd.?] the
Carices, & now only incidentally, that they
are from Hooker's Herbarium.

I expect to
come to N.Y. & will bring them on to you.
Some are very fine indeed, most of them
good. I wish there were more of them.
I designed to make a full acknowledgement
to your honored name for those specimens,
not for the reason you gave, but
for another, that it is due to you, &
my duty to do it. But, when I began
I could not say all I wished, because
I did not know; & at the [?] I [could?]
say all & more & better. If I can
tell [crossed out: you] the truth about those Carices,
the world shall know, that I am under
great obligation to you.

I have not seen any notice of what
Dr. Gray is doing, but I [collect?]
        