
          Recd. [Received] March 25th.

Rochester March 22/58

My dear Sir

I was much obliged by 
your letter, for several reasons. 
I was glad to be corrected in the
oxyd that poisoned you [?] [?]
of its. I know little of the [opith?\\] 
& should be much obliged by a pair 
of the ore, even a small one. I 
know you was placed at the head 
of your mint, but have you resigned 
the office in the Med. 
Coll. [Medical College]? That I had not [looked? often?]

I thank you for the 
specimen of C. [Carex] decidua. It must be 
a bad wanderer though, it seems 
to me. I trust I have for better specimens 
in those of the Mex. Bound. [Mexican Boundary Survey], 
according to Boott's description in 
his "Caricis species novae" &c. 
But he says the perigynium is longer 
& broader than the [sash?], 
but on that you send me 
        