
          flowering season, colour and duration. As 
to place of growth, I think you can [?] minute.
I give it in all [aquatics?] etc. But
I can find the same plant in several of 
your specified places. For example, you say [?]
[?] grows in rocky woods - in N. Haven it grows
in a wet meadow, and in [?] in a sandy [?]
and the [?] certainly grows everywhere. I
think some of Persh's places of growth often
[?]. He says the Sagina firocumbens
grows in barren fields. In N. Haven it growns in
a sandy plain at the foot of Pine Rock but
much the most common directly in the water,
which proceeds from Ball's cold spring, and
on the large stones in a brook under West [?]
I conclude to have no character for this on
account of its great uncertainly; but to express
it in cases where plants always grow in water
or wet places.

The Convallaria umbellulata grows
everywhere about Williams Collge. It dows
[there?] differ in habit considerably from the
rest of the genus. Shall I follow [?] in
calling it Clintonia? I wish I had your
opinion now, for I fear I shall not hear from
you till the 6th class is finished.

Yours
Amos Eaton
Doct. J. Torrey
        