
          Rochester Oct. 7, 1847

My Dear Sir,

Your letter & plants came after I
left for P_d. They have [lain?] safely, & I have
had the pleasure, as I returned a [week?] ago,
to look over both, & to admire them too.

On the Carices, I wish to ask, whether you
agree with Boott that C. [Scorilini?] is C.
cryptocarpa [Meyrs?]? Is not C. Jamesii
a perfectly good species & distinct, as you
believed? Will you write me soon, & let me
know. You did not send me C. alata, or
C. stylosa, both which I need so much. I
have C. alata from Dr. Chapman, & I wish
to compare with your authentic specimen.

You are now at your Lectures on Med.
Bot., as I suppose. I wish to send you 
my [later?] Introductory, for thoughts on the
course of Medical Education.

How can they so abuse you about the
Nat. Hist. of the State. It is horrible, most
horrible. I mean lto write to Dr. [Borkers?] to introduce
a Bill to give you & [Hall?] & [Emmons?]
four copies each.

Wood's Bot. 2nd Ed. is a great improvement.
The An. Table does not use the Lin. System.
I have never seen the like of it in ease of getting
at the Nat. Orders. I am glad to see a
sample of Dr. Gray's . I was lately at Boston 

        