
          Cambridge 7th Feb. 1860 


 Dear Dr. 


 The Eleocharis
 came from Alexander,
 Burke Co. [County, Georgia] Job. B. [Job Bicknell]
 Ellis. Will you tell 
 me what it is, early. 
 Mr. Ellis wants to 
 raise money by selling 
 for $150,
 Nat. Hist. N.Y. [Natural History of New York]                   19 vols.
 Hook. Fl. Bor-Am. [Hooker's Flora boreali-americana]  2    "
 Hook. Ic. Pl. [Hooker's Icones Plantarum] 4 vols,
    1837-1841
 Hook. Jour. Bot. [Hooker's Journal of Botany] 1834-1842


 Can you find him a 
 purchaser?


 I send you the 1st
 page of a letter from 
        