
          he has done it. _ We shall wait with much
 interest for the appearance of your [Prodromus?].
 Dr Cooley and myself have made out a catalogue of
 the plants growing in this vicinity - but we wait
 for more corrections - I hope soon to see also 
 description and specimen of your new mineral.


 I presume Dr Ives carried specimens to
 you of his new plants for he told me would do it.
 I am sorry you have so much trouble to get
 these _ Does Dr I_ [Ives?] suggest any doubt concerning
 his Asclepias?


 I am quite confident that the plant
 I name Neottia gracilis is the same President
 [?] called a new species by this name: And
 yet " if this be a new species", as you observe
 "I have never seen any [tortilis?]". But I have
 never found a Specimen of this plant which
 had any other than ovate radical leaves.


 Liatris [Scariosa?] grows in abundance along
 the banks of Connecticut River between [South?]
 [?] and N Haven.


 Be pleased to accept of my best wishes
 for your continued Success in the pursuit
 of your favorite Sciences - and believe me
 to be your most obliged humble Servant


 Edward Hitchcock


 [at left: John TorreyM.D.]

        