
          Wednesday


 My Dear Dr.


 I got yours of Monday yesterday
 afternoon. I have one or two (old) Horkelias from
 [?] Coll. but not the plant you saw.
 This, by its 20 stam. with filiform long filaments
 & few ? [?], would appear to be a good genus, but
 it is pretty close to Horkelia, of which it has just
 the habit, and that fashion of crowding its leaflets
 is carried to a maximum.


 I thank you heartily
 for the bit of it.


 I have Zinnia linearis. Benth. Pl. Hartw.,
 W is not the same as yours.


 Lickerman told me some time ago that he had
 sent you a bound copy of his lichens, this
 W. [M?]. as I understood, and he seems grieved
 that you do not write to him.


 Thank you for your kind invitation.  I hope to
 accomplish the visit.


 I dont see why
 my hurry and want of time should make your letters
 short.


 In time I hope to be less pressed.


 Yours cordially


 AGray

        