
          Manchester, N.J. Sept 10th 1845


 My Dear Friend


 Your very acceptable parcel
 of Cyperaceae from the De Candollean Herbarium
 was handed me through Mr. Rowell last Saturday
 for which I tender you many thanks - Such treasures
 come to me few and far between - Mr [Tuckert?]
 has very kindly given me about 15 species mostly
 Carices of Foreign Countries - But there must be
 a goodly number among these not in Tuckerman's
 suite _ I have received several letters from
 S. T. Olney and a few fragments of Cyperaceous plants
 The Scirpus Olneyi Rhynchospora fusca, [Golepis subsquanom?]
 and a single individual of Psilocarya scirpoides, and
 also a sample of Scirpus restellatus, - He appears
 to be quite enthusiastic enough for a beginner.


 I have just received a letter from my old young
 friend George Vasey - He is against Pittsfield 
 Mass. but much against his own inclination, yet
 from necessity from want of funds just at this
 time - I have been urging him to make strong
 efforts to attend his finishing course at N.Y.
 which he is very anxious to do if he can make the
 recessary arrangements - Can you think of any way
 to make to make it practicable to attend in
 New York next season? He is a young man of strict
 morals exemplary piety and close economy. - Having
 suffered severely from indigestion several years ago
 he prefers living in the plainest and cheapest manner


 He is for the most part selftaught, but cannot be called a novice 
        