
          Manchester, N.J. Aug 17th 1843


 My Dear Friend


 Since my last, in overhauling
 my large bundles of N. York Plants I met
 with a small parcel labelled, "Rhynchospora
 alba too young" which proved upon examination
 to be R. capillacea. Hab In a cranberry
 marsh near Oneida Lake Oneida Co N.Y.


 It appears to have been thus far rather rare and
 if convenient the locality may be worth noting
 down in the state Flora - There can be
 no mistake for I have compared it carefully
 with the specimen in Gray's Grasses & Cyperaceae


 I am overhauling arranging & selecting my
 plants and collecting recent specimens as fast
 as I can, and also laying by specimens for Mr.
 Field. - 


 have not been at Tom's River
 since but wish to go soon - Found Sabbatia
 chloroides in a neighbor's garden - not cultivated
 but wild. - 


 Succeeded in prserving Lachnanthes
 tinctoria in fine order. -


 Mr Schenck found
 some interesting plants between this place
 and Egypt that are not found here. -


 Dare not leave home long. Dr. Lane is
 dashing through our city daily to get all the
 business he can - Gets a bit now and then
 Matters at J. D. Torreys remain in status quo - Dr Lane
        