
          Manchester, N.J. 21st July. 1846


 My Dear doctor


 Yours of the 15th Inst came by
 yesterday's mail, written on your return from
 Boston to New York. - I hasten to reply to several
 inquiries made in your letter - The two
 plants Primula & Saxafraga were found by Mr.
 Vasey & Myself or if narrowed down still more
 Vasey first called my attention to the Saxafraga
 whilst I at the same moment was calling his
 attention to the Primula (we were at the moment
 not more than six feet apart and both plants
 in full view peeping from every crevice of the
 rock on all sides - I suppose 100 specimens 
 might be gathered in one season without distroying
 the locality - For further discoveries
 [inserted: of rare plants] We were almost entirely indebted to Crane
 and Wood who kindly pointed out every locality
 of interest our limited time would permit us
 to visit. Carex [Craneii?] had only been found in
 two very limited localities on the stony & rocky
 banks of Black River within sight of Waterstown
 Vasy & Wood discovered a locality together where
 the collected several hyndred specimens - Crane
 and Wood have since stumbled upon a locality
 where the former collected and put up 1000 specimens
 (of Carex Craneii) Crane has also informed you I
 suppose of having found the Dracocephalum in
 a wheat field so large (3 ft high) spikes so long (4 inches)
 and so much branched as to make 20 specimens
 from a single individual - Great find!!! 
        