
          meddle therewith is, that
 Short says they grow in Kentucky,
 and my new ed. [edition] of Manual 
 takes in Kentucky. The 
 printer has begun, and I 
 must keep him going. 


 [crossed out: If?] The plant I have 
 has straight embryo & a 
 distinct style, yet it is 
 not easy to call it aurea 
 If we can reduce them to 
 one species, it should be called 
 Michauxii, since the 
 scapes are not often truly 1-
 flowered.


 I have (after 5 years
 interval, a letter from Chapman 
 with a great cock & bull 
 about Thalia. He seems 
 not to possess Endlicher, nor
 any books. I sent you his letter. 
        