
          mosses as well as phanogamous plants 
& among them Splachnum wormskioldianum [Splachnum wormskioldii] 
in the highest perfection.

I have added greatly to my collection lately 
from various parts of the world, as I am 
now working seriously at my "System of Plants", 
arranged according to the Nat. [Natural] Order, 
with plates illustrative of those orders.
The first part of this work will appear 
in July next. There are still a multitude 
of plants from your part of America & especially 
from the more southern & western 
states that I have not yet been able to 
obtain & I should be most happy to 
make you a return for any you 
might be able to send me. There is 
so much of novelty in your country that
you cannot fail to send me many [crossed out: t [th]] good 
things. I am especially deficient in the 
trees of N. [North] America, oaks, firs, then willows
&c. Can you make out anything satisfactory
        