
          I should be particularly pleased to have your names for any Carex where
you differ from my labels. I have doubts about C. stricta. Gooden [Carex stricta Gooden]
being a synonym of the plant that Doct. [Doctor] Dewey calls C. strictum [Carex strictum].
I think you will find about 50 species of Carex in this packet and I
have about 10 more say C. acuta [Carex acuta] a smooth plant, C. festucacea [Carex festucacea],
C. [mileacea?], C. lucorum [Carex lucorum] [resembling?] varica [Carex varica] but will dark scales to
the stminate spike & smaller spike than C. pennsylvanicum [Carex pennsylvanicum], C. rostrata [Carex rostrata]
Michx., C. blanda [Carex blanda] of Dewey &c[etc.] &c[etc.] &c[etc.] of each of which I have but a single
specimen which will make twenty species [crossed out: of] to add to my [crossed out: list]
40 Rhode Islanders of last year.

Is the Oenothera fruticosa from Long Island right? The leaves 
being [entire?] has made me doubt it possibly it may be [O. parvula?]
or perhaps O. linearis. [Oenothera linearis].

How gets on Kneskern's [Knieskern's] work with dried plants. I have 50 - 100 or
more specimens of each of the species of Scirpus mucronatus & 
Eleo. rostellatus [Eleocharis rostellata]. If you desire them for K [Knieskern?] and he has not
got [added: them] I will send them with pleasure to you.

Ever and truly yours

S.T. Olney
        