
          Albany, Sunday evening, April 12th 1818

Dear Friend

I received your letters. Our printing
commences tomorrow. But I have
so arranged the work that any thing can
be added to the species next week.

Do you go to the steam boat which
arrives next from here and get a [?]
It leaves Albany Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. 
I shall you two or three specimens
to name. [Crossed out: I shall] The spiked plant was
sent me from Deerfield in its present state.
The mass of carrot-like stuff grows in
a [swamp?] near Northampton. I never
saw the flower - possibly you may know
it. The Rohinia I want to know. It is the
low bush. I could never justify myself
about it. The Lygodium
(or [?] of Pursh) I ssend you, because it happened 
to be here.

I send you three dozen indexes. I
wish you get me a Pursh for a reasonable 
or unreasonable number of them. I have a borrowed
one now.
        