
          Recd Apr 26th 1841
 And May 8th � sent parcel to Mr
 Lapham�s friend . . . . . at his [illegible] house


 Milwaukee April 9th 1841


 Dear Sir


 Your letter of the 11th ult has just
 come to hand, and as you have been so
 unfortunate as not to receive the plants I 
 sent you last autumn I have put up for you
 another parcel which I shall send by the 
 first opportunity, containing as many as I
 still have duplicates of, and hope they
 may reach you more speedily. Several of
 our merchants are to leave here in a few 
 days for your city, and I will request one
 to take it directly to you, and receive in
 return whatever you may have put up
 for me.


 It is my intention when I have ascertained the
 doubtful species, and have collected a great many
 more species from the prairies to prepare a complete
 catalogue arranged according to the Natural Method
 and to embrace the whole Territory from the southern
 extreme of Lake Michigan to Lake Superior. It
 would thus include many of the plants brought
 home by Maj Douglass, Dr Houghton and Mr Lay.
        