
          Glasgow, August 29, 1829.

My Dear Sir

I have just received your short but
always welcome letter from your brother
who I am sorry to find does not come to
Glasgow; for I should have been very
happy to have seen him & to have shewn [shown] him
any attentions in my powers. The parcel
you mention as having charged him with
he says is sent by another conveyance, but
he does not say by which; nor whether it
is left any where in England to be forwarded
to me or for me to write about. I have
however yet to thank you for a former letter
& for some very nice & authentically named
N. [North] American Carices. Such plants are always
welcome. I hope you will still
be able to send me some of the rocky mountain
specimens; for there are numerous North
American plants from that & others quarters
of the country, which are still great desiderata
with me. I shall work to be unmindful
of your wants either. I have, ever 
since Mr. [John] Scouler's return from the N. [North] West
coast of America, thought that nothing could
        