
          Manchester, N.J. July 8th 1846


 My Dear Dr.


 This is the first mail day since
 my return and I hasten to scratch off a
 few lines - The Primula Mistassinica and
 the Saxifraga aizoides ^ [inserted: were found] on Slate Rock on
 the East Branch of Fish Creek on the North
 West bank of the stream At Faberg Village
 Town of Armsville Oneida, Co, N.Y. 14 june /46
 by Vasey & Myself when on our way northward


 It grows pretty plentifully from the crevices
 of the rocks at a hight from [?] waters edge
 of from 4 to 20 feet - Vasy first laid eyes
 [?] the Saxifraga & I on the Primula - But
 we had before agreed that [we?] would have
 [?] equally in the honours of any discoveries that
 [we?] [might?] [?] fortunate enough to make
 so it ought to stand Primula Mistassinica 
 and Saxifraga aizoide Knieskern & Vasey
 or if two names will not do - say Saxifraga
 aijoides by Vasey Primula Mistassinica by
 Kmieskern. Dr. Wood of Dexter Jefferson
 Co. showed me Calypso Borealis from his
 vicinity - also Pyrola uliginosa. Jeffersonia
 diphylla De Caisne was kind enough
 to point out the localities of intersting plants
        