
          Cambridge, 7th January, 1846.


 My Dear Friend


 Your parcel came to-day. I have
 looked over the plants. What a grubber Fremont 
 is for roots. Several things in the parcel I was 
 glad to see again, but I believe nothing new to us, 
 I should think nothing worthwhile for Sprague to
 figure Engelmannia & Hoffmannseggia, 
 of which there is a single specimen with its 
 perpendicular root 2 feet long! With a very 
 few exceptions I suppose I could name the parcel 
 off hand, or with very little trouble. If you 
 think it of any consequence I will certainly do so. 
 Perhaps I will send you back this week a good part 
 of the parcel, as I shall have a small parcel 
 to send you for Clermont. Yet I am not sure, 
 I shall take hold of them. Glad to see 
 two tolerable specimens of that Western wild pumpkin. 
 When these 2 specimens do we share the spoils, 
 or must one be kept for Fremont?


 My lectures begin 
 on Tuesday next; so if I look at plants it 
 is only for an hours relaxation from other topics. 
        