
          Cambridge Thursday Evening 


 My Dear Friend


 I fancy you must be quite as 
 busy as I am myself, for it is a very long 
 time since I heard from you. But you have 
 a holiday just before you, during which I may 
 hope to hear from you. If I was not so full 
 of matters that you cannot expedite, and which would 
 almost prevent me from enjoying your society, I
 should be vastly glad to have you spend a 
 week with me. But you will prefer to have that
 time for Clermont. Casey writes me that 
 you are not looking very well. I hope the bronchitis 
 is not troubling you again. I have not recd. [received] 
 the parcel you announced some time ago, tho'
 since that I have had one or two parcels from 
 Wiley & Putnam that it might have been added to. 


 When you are done with Kunth, after the 
 holidays will do, I should like to have it, as I may 
 wish to refer to it while preparing my Grass-lecture.
 I remember you have a specimen of Maise
 with the grains all involucrate. Will you, at 
 the same time, give me the use of it, and any 
 other quiddities you may have of the sort. 


 To-day I met with some specimens of the original 
 Guttierresia [Guttierrezia], from Coll. [Collection] by Gillies in Chile, sent me 
 by Fielding, the authentic G. lineanfolia a & B. Hook. [Hooker] & An.
 As you will be glad to have it, I send you some of both forms
        