
          finally settled. The drawings will cost us nothing as two of us
have been long used to it. I have been paying some attention
to the conferva this spring & am much confounded with them. The
latest authors Apar[insert: d]h & Lyngbye —not having done much towards
clearing away the confusion. The latter is however a very good
book. last week in gathering some Conferva I fell in with
fucus prisillus–a rare plant which has been only found by
two individuals in England—but new to Scotland you shall
have specimens in my next parcel. In sending Fucis from
one country to another it is now necessary to prepare & expand
them—if merely dried without washing out the sea salt, just
as picked up on the shore, & packed in paper without having
been submitted to prepare, they will resume their form completely
on immersion in water. I have no doubt you
have heard long before this of the death of poor
Stewart. [crossed out: who; insert he] died in October last. He
was a very able man & promissed much.
his herbarium was sold—but was in
a most wretched state as he never had leisure
to attend to it. I got a few things but not
much worth keeping. many of his botanical works I bought
he had not quite finished [insert: the revision of] the Article Musci in Brewsters [crossed out: and] Encyclopedia
which he edited appeared about 3 days previous to his death. his
disorder seemed very extensive general adema came on at last.
his body was not opened. Tell DeKay that I am one of the
Presidnets of the R.P. Society. & that I am tired of waging war with 
2 or 3 trubulant spirits among us.  I have just made an arrangement with Stewart's Father that I am to recieve all foreign 
parcels addressed to him containing plants. I have sent a commission
to New South Wales offering to pay any one to collect [?]
Lichens—Ferns & marine plants. In expectation of hearing
from you in due time

I remain [Dear Sir?] very truly
RK Greville
        