
          The report on my plants was very acceptable. I think
 I informed you that of Carex Barrattii I have more than
 a hundred single specimens in as good state as those I
 sent you and there are four localities within 7 miles
 of Manchester where it may be found rather sparingly
 Carex digitalis var. belongs to Oneida Co. collected by my
 friend George Vasey.


 You mentioned to me in one
 of your letters which I believe I did not yet answer that Mr.
 Bulkly would exchange with me for Essex plants. I gladly
 embrace the opportunity and will give him as good
 a suite as I can make out for him together with
 the choisest plants of this region if he desires them
 Please secure for me as good a suite as possible


 Very recently I have obtained letters from Dr. Mead
 of Augusta Ill. & from Dr. Englemann of St. Louis, Missouri
 proposing exchanges I have requested them to send me the
 Grasses and Sedges in quantities.


 I have received a
 letter from Dr. Sartwell, he is alive and as Botanical as
 ever, he promises to send me more Carices & Grasses


 Mr. Schenk I think will go into botany a little for
 he seems very anxious to see the plants in flower, which
 grow here, even picking dry specimens, at this unfavorable
 season, (during his walks.) for examination!


 If my health
 permit I hope to be better able to procure such plants of
 this region as I want for I have become acquainted
 with localities of interesting plants, many of them discovered
 too late to collect specimens last season besides I hope
 to be able to explore more extensively at further distances
 from home


 Mr. Schenk will be no small in this way. 
        