
          Washington City
May 29th 1848.

My Dear Sir,

Mr. Frémont is so 
pressed to finish his little
memoir for the Senate, that
he has asked me to send
you the enclosed remnants
of plants. They are the
earliest flowering plants of
the Joaquin valley (Cal.) and
he would be much obliged
if you could send him
very soon, their names.

Mr. Trécul, the french
botanist, made Mr. Frémont
        