
          I remark, incidentally, that master & I are at issue 
 as to my specif. [specific] name which he thinks abominable
 but which I regard as highly [enponous?], & better yet, most 
 illustratively significant. I only add my best regards 
 & leave our friend to (in parliamentary phrase) "fill up 
 the blanks" [I.C.?]. Do you know Tuckerm. [Tuckerman's] C. [Carex] neglecta,
 & have you got it to send us?


 My Dear Friend 


 I think I have no botanical 
 mems' [memoirs] in mind to send you this morning, and have 
 only to remind you that it is some time since 
 we have heard from you. I trust you do you duly received 
 my last, returning Wilkes letter, and I shall be 
 anxious to hear how this matter turns out.
 I think I forgot to mention to you that 
 young Silliman told me that the quarrel 
 between "the Committee" & Pickering rose to a
 head, and that Pickering was dismissed from
 employment. This may account for the tone
 of Pickering's letter, [crossed out: without] so that we may
 suppose he did not intend to write in ill will to
 you. Did you only receive the parcel
 I sent you through Grant. I want any 
 mems [memoirs] you think I may require about Asclepiads. 
 & Acanthads. this week. Give me a char. [character] of Asclepias
 glaberrima. I do not yet know whether you 
 remain this summer at Princeton, but suppose so. 
 My affectionate remembrances to all, hope to write 
 next week to Mrs. T. [Torrey] but am still very greatly pressed. The 
        