
          Asheville. Saturday, Sept. [September] 3d. 1843.


 My Dear Friend,


 Your two letters which awaited my 
 arrival, the one at Jefferson, the other at Asheville,
 were indeed refreshing. Our long journey through Virginia 
 brought behind our estimated time, and hurried 
 the later and more interesting part of our operations: for 
 Sullivant was getting very impatient, as I wrote in 
 my last, just as we were hurrying away from Jeffersontown.


 I doubt if I got any thing of much interest in Virginia, 
 except Buckley's (& Nuttall's) Andromeda, Rhamnus 
 parvifolius on the waters of Greenbrier (where did Pursh 
 get it?), Heuchera pubescens in fruit and Heuchera 
 hispida Pursh!! out of flower and fruit, so that I detected 
 it by the leaves only (and got good roots) not far from 
 where Pursh discovered it, but more west, on the 
 frontiers of a range of mountains where this very local 
 species doubtless abounds.


 From Jefferson went to Grandfather; had a 
 fine time and good weather, explored the old fellow thoroughly, 
 but found no new Phaenogs. [Phaenogams]. Sullivant made 
 a great haul of Mosses &  Jungermanice. Found 
 the Moodys heartily glad to see us. The elder brother 
 is married since our former visit. Miss Nancy delighted 
 with the Calico dress I brought her, and made me promise 
 to ask some of my lady-friends at home to cut out 
 a pattern for her in newspaper and send by mail.
 to be in tip-top style, in the very height of the fashion! 


 Poor Miss Nancy ! How she would look .

        