
          And. March  28th 1841

Oriskany Nov 9th 1840.

Dear Sir!

I received your letter of Oct. 9th & 26th ult.
with the names of most of the plants [crossed out: sent] I sent
you last. Very acceptable indeed, for I can now
by the help of this catalogue & former favors make
out authentic names for nearly all of the plants I have

I have not yet been able to make out a full list
of the plants I have duplicates of, but have done something
in putting them up in parcels & bringing the
species of each genus together numbering & labeling
them, but at present my professional business is
rather pressing & I can do but little at Botany.

You advise [to?] put up sets of plants in uniform
paper - say a pretty [?] [?] of show paper" I do not
understand what you mean by uniform paper unless
it be paper of a size suitable for an Herbarium
and show paper I know nothing about (excuse my ignorance)
Please inform me particularly in your next as
a blunder in this respect might be attended with some
disadvantages.

With respect to the numbers of
Duplicates I have those of the Carex genus are 
in general the most numerous particularly the
rare species in this vicinity, also the rarer
plants met with in my Western tour
except in those instances where but fine specimens
were found in such cases I have often taken
all I found without obtaining a supply.

You also advise me to put up a set for Prof.
Wm Carpenter of Louisiana, which I will cheerfully comply
with. What plants had I better send him, should they 
consist of the rarer specimens I have or everything
that comes to hand in this vicinity?

You mentioned in your letter that Dr. Gray wished
me to send him down some roots of some of the
Cryptogaminous plants. I have made search and have 
succeeded to obtain the following species which I send.
Aspidium cristatum 5. Aspid. Nov. Boracense. 5. Aspid. Goldieanum 5.
Asplenium thelypterioides 5. Asplen. angustifolium 8-10. Dicksomia pilos. 10
Lycopodium lucidulum 10. Equisetum scirpoides. . Aspidium
marginale 1 Aspidium diletatum 1 . . . Struthiopteris germanica 1
Adiantum pedatum 10.
        