
          Arrd. March 29th

Ipswich Jany 8, 1836

Dear Sir,

I had the pleasure of recg.[receiving] yours of Dec. 16,
having recd.[received] Dr. Gray's note & his volumes of Dried Plants in
safety in the spring.

I was greatly pleased with Dr. Gray's
specimens & the liberality with which several specimens of 
many species were supplied & hope that this public
example will make our botanists more disposed
to collect good specimens in abundance, in which
respect much of them have been lamentably deficient.

I recd.[received] a day or two ago Dr. Gray's Rhyncosprae, which
you were so kind as to send me. When you consider
the unexpected abundance of the species of this genus already
discovered (your catalogue in Lindley has only 14) you will
perhaps be inclined to think that my estimate of this
number of plants in the U.S. is rather too small then
too great. I have no doubt that there is [crossed out: at least] from
on to two dozen more good species more good species in the Southern States of
Rhyncospora & nearly twice as many Gramineae & Cyperaceae
as have already been discovered there.

I was greatly pleased
with the discovery of Cavex chordorhiza[chordorrhiza] in New York. I
have no doubt that [added: the White Mts. &c.[etc.]] Maine &nthe N. W. Territory contain almost
all the Carices of the North of Europe & [crossed out: many] a large
number, say 100 [crossed out: or m] or 200 of European plants not
yet discovered in the U.S.

I got Beck's Botany a short time ago,
& was agood deal disappointed in it. though my expectations
were not very great. It can hardly

[vertical note in left margin]
If you have still Dr. Baldwin's collection on hand, & will send me a selection
of such as you think I have not got, or shall not probably get from Mr. Bachman (see his
catalogue of the specimens are pretty good [added: I mean for collecting generally,] I shall be glad to retain all such.
and send you back the remainder.

        