
          And Feb 9

Lawrence Ville Mercer Co. N.J.

Dear Sir,

It is a long time since I have heard from you,
either directly or indirectly. I think my last was in relation to a moss
which came from Texas. Sometime after that I received a note from
Mr. Sulliant giving me the names of a few mosses which I had
sent him a long while before. I wrote him my thanks immediately
and as he seemed to invite a correspondence I sent him several
others requesting his opinion but from that time until the
present not a word from him. I fear he is too much engaged
in something else to take further notice of my matters in this 
line. Having as I believe collected all the [illegible], [Hipoticae?] &
lichenes [lichens] of this region, I turned my attention during the summer
(after I recovered from my annual attack of asthma) to the collecting
of the Fungi! Here I find a wide and very interesting field
but books are wanting. Hence I wish to inquire throuigh you
if you please whether the following works can be procured in 
New York and at what prices.

Fries Systema Mycologiceum 3 vols. [pencil: 9 1/4 that]
" Eleuchus 1 [pencil: 2 that]
" Epicrisis 1 [pencil: 4 1/2 "]

I have "Synopisis Ferngorum" by [Schweinitz?], but need
something else. Are not all the above works indispensable to one
who undertakes the study of these difficulties? If so will
you be so kind as to inform me whether they are to be
had in N.Y. or elsewhere in this country?

You know that I have yourDrummond Mosses, a package
        