
          Manchester, N.J. 18th August 1847.


 My Dear Friend


 Many apologies are due from
 me for not answering your kind letter some two
 or three weeks since. - At the time of receiving
 it I was counting and looking over my Grasses
 & Cyperaceae intending to give you a report of
 all I have - Whilst in the midst of this work
 our Friend Rev. I. F. Holton came to town, to whom
 I felt in duty bound to initiate into all the
 wonders of the Piney Region, for some 10 - 15 Miles
 around the [farfamed?] Ammopolis - He has
 made large collections already, [crossed out: illegible] that magic box
 of his I must confess turns out good specimens -


 There is a marked difference in our collections
 since we laboured together & in the kind of
 collections turned off. - He can hardly be prevailed
 on to collect a grass or grasslike plant -
 whilst I scarcely collect anything else _ we have
 probably collected more of the Schizea {Schizaea?] pusilla than
 have ever been collected: in all at least 400 specimens


 We have failed in the rediscovery ofthe Clitoria
 which is much to be regretted - The Gaylussacia
 sent in a newspaper was from myself to show the
 variety with light blue berries. - Two years since
 I invited your attention to the deep blue variety
 of G. resinosa. This season the light blue var.
 was noticed for the first time - I have ^ [inserted: also] seen &
 tasted the white var. of V. Pennsylvanicum (Picked) but
        