
          Manchester N.J. Feb. 28th 1843


 My Dear Friend,


 I received a package today which
 contained a letter two Newspapers 2 Nos. of the London
 Lancet and one of the Globe Part 2nd of Vol. II
 I had not yet examined any part of the 2 Vol.


 I wish very much that I could afford to get the 5th & 7th
 I have deferred studying the Compositae until they
 should appear, published in the Flora.


 I am aware that the labeling of the plants was
 not attended to with [crossed out: that] ^ [inserted; as much] care as should have been
 bestowed upon them


 When Mr. Torrey told me that
 it was not yet too late to send them I went at
 it and finished them I think in a day hoping
 to send them by Mr. Torrey on the next day as
 he was going to New York


 But he could not
 take them, Mr. J. D. Torrey went to the River on
 the same day and he very kindly took them &
 put them on board the Columbus


 The vessel did
 not get out of the Bay for 2 or 3 weeks & hence
 the delay


 I send you hereby 25 single specimens
 of C. Barrattii in different stages of growth with a
 very few of the ripe seeds That you may examine
 them satisfactorily. I hope you will have enough

        