
          Washington D.C. Oct. 6th 1844

My dear Sir,

An absence from the city will
account to you for this late reply to your
last two letters, which I found here on
my return. I am very glad to hear
that you will be able to rescue many
of the plants & still better satisfied to
know that the botanical riches of the
country are as great as I had thought.
All your suggestions which regard the
collection of Cryptogamia shall be
particularly attended to & good and coloured
drawings made of plants & trees, and since
reading your letter I am very sanguine
that we shall be able to produce a
very interesting and valuable work.
I have kept myself well informed of the
movements of Leder & Geyer and we
must do our best endeavors to anticipate
The English botanist. Geyer wrote to me
from Fort Hall when I was on the Great Salt Lake.
        