
          Manchester, N.J. 25 July 1844.-


 My Dear Friend


 Yours of the 22nd Inst is received. Your
 inquiry concerning the fruit of Dirca palustris I cannot
 now satisfactorily answer at present. - I have
 sent to Vasey today to examine, I think that
 this must be the time of ripening or perhaps a
 little later. -


 Since My last I have met with a blue
 berried Vaccinium in other respects resembling
 V. resinosum. The natives here say they are distinct.
 They pick the blue one for market and
 say that the black ones will not sell at all


 Yesterday I heard of a white Huckleberry growing
 some four or five miles off but have not
 seen it. - I have not yet seen the fruit of
 Vaccinium stamineum? - I must if possible
 make an excursion somewhere next week. -


 I had a letter form Mr. Oakes yesterday
 he is again at the White Mts. of New Hamnpshire.


 Do not forget to inquire into the causes
 of the flowers of Sabbatia corymbosa becoming
 of a deep orange calour here with the greatest
 possible care in drying, while those collected at
 Cedar Bridge & London Bridge remain a pure white?
        