
          Cambridge, June 1st, 1855 


 Dear Friend 


 After a pretty long interruption 
 I have again got to 
 studying plants a little, & hope 
 to keep it up, at least 3 days
 of the week till the end of term. 


 To-day I have gone on with 
 the Leguminosae of Berlandier, and 
 have added two more to the number
 of Dalias, &c 


 Lesquereux has just sent 
 me a specimen, with young 
 fruit as well as flowers, of that 
 low Astragalus which Mr. or 
 Dr. Somebody sent you from 
 Nashville. Pray give me his 
 name. Lesquereux got it there 
 & so did Prof. [Professor] Hatch, who sent it 
 to me last year. 
 Finding it a true Astragalus
 I have just written a character for
 it, under the name of A. [Astragalus] Tennesseensis.
        