
          I had to travel 12 or 13 miles for the
 plant of which I sent you a single
 blossom in my last. - but think I am
 well paid for my trouble; & had I
 been a few days later I could not have
 secured above half a dozzen specimens, as
 the owner of the Meadow (A damp soil
 on the banks of a large stream) where
 the plant grows is about to mow down
 the grass, which would have destroyed
 nearly all the specimens.


 Did dr. Gray get the pot I sent him
 containing thrifty plants of Helonias
 latifolia? - They were intended for
 him & I told Mr. Rowell so but he
 might have forgotten it. Please inquire
 about it and let me know.


 Believe me very truly yours


 P.D.Knieskern.
        