
          Recd. Oct. 29th. Augusta Hancock Co Oct 18th 1841

Answered

My Dear Sir,

Yours of Aug. 10th was duly received. I have now put up specimen
of all you named. (some not as good & could collect another season) except, Carya oliviformis grows on Ill.
& Missp' rivers. Porcelia triloba (20 miles nearest to me) but throu' our mutual friend. Mr. Holton
I hope to obtain for you the seeds of the fruit, Psoralea esculenta, I mistook it is P. floribunda 
Gymnocladus canad. very tall tree, grows on the bottoms - Hedesarum scaberrum  [Hedysarum scaberrimum]~ Rushville - I have
no specimen. Hyssopus nepetoides, I will get specimens hereafter. grows in bottoms along crooked creeks,
with several others, [added: put up to send] solidago ? aster ? etc. - have some faint prospect of getting them
to N. Y. this Fall by private conveyance. Can you not preserve for me without too
much trouble when receiving plants, some single specimens. There are about 150. plants
growing in N. Y. I would be glad to get. If you can exchange such as grow here for them
I will collect (two for one) next season ([three words in Greek script]) & send by first opportunity
I will name a few which I want most - so that if it be in your way to lay them aside for me.

[left column:
Clematis ochroleuca
Anemone multifida
Draba aribisens [arabisans]
Viola Selkirkii
Cerastium oblongifolium
nutans [Cerastium nutans]
Elatine americana
Prunus maritima
Cerasus pumila
pennsylvanicum [Cerasus pennsylvanicum]
Epilobium alpinum
Myriophyllum heterophythum [heterophyllum] [Myriophyllum heterophyllum]
ambiguum [Myriophyllum ambiguum]
spicatum [Myriophyllum spicatum]
Ribes prostrata
hirtellum [Ribes hirtellum]
lacustris [Ribes lacustris]
cynosbati [Ribes cynosbati]
Sedum telephioides
Viburnum capinoides
nudum [Viburnum nudum]
Liatris flexuosa
Nardosmia palmata
Aster heterophyllus
prenanthioides [Aster prenanthoides]
nova belgii [Aster nova belgii]
parviflorus [Aster parviflorus]
mutabilis [Aster mutabilis]
rubricaulis [Aster rubricaulis]
Trifolium flexuosum
subulatum [Trifolium subulatum]
Heleastrum album
Diplostephium cornifolium
Solidago virgaurea
tenuifolia [Solidago tenuifolia]
Artemisia caudata
Arnica montana
Lactua integrifolia
Sonchus palustris
Nabalus nana [nanus] [Nabalus nanus]
Andromeda racemosa
Rhododendron canadense
hispidum [Rhododendron hispidum]
Pyrola minor
Prinos levigatais [laevigatus] [Prinos laevigatus]
glaber [Prinos glaber]
Gentiana linearis
Halenia deflexa 
Sabbatia chloroides [Sabatia chloroides]
Erythraea muhlenbergii [muehlenbergii]
ramosissimis [ramosissima] [Erythraea ramosissima]
cuscuta epilinum [Erythraea cuscuta] [Erythraea epilinum]
Pycnanthemum torrei
Drocephalum parviflorum [Dracocephalum parviflorum]

[center column:]
Galeopsis ladanum
Verbascum lychnitis
Utricularia intermedia
minor [Utricularia minor]
Polygonum strigosum
acuminatum [Polygonum acuminatum]
Podostemum ceratophyllum
Quercus prinoides
Betula nana
papyracea [Betula papyracea]
Alnus incanus [Alnus incana]
Populus nigra
Micostylus brachypoda
Habenaria hookerina [Habenaria hookeriana]
obtusata [Habenaria obtusa]
Pinus resinosa
variabilis [Pinus variabilis]
Cypripedium arietinum
Heteranthera reniformis
Zigadenus glacus
Juncus balticus
marginata [Juncus marginata]
bulbosus [Juncus bulbosus]
Najas canadensis
Zostera marina
Zamihella palustris
Ruppia maritima
Mariscus retrofractus
Fuirena squarrosa
pumila [Fuirena squarrosa]
Eleocharis tuberculosa
pygmea [Eleocharis pygmea]
Scirpus v. fluviatilis
mucronatis [Scirpus mucronatis]
brunneus [Scirpus brunneus]
lineatus [Scirpus lineatus]
Eriophorum var. brevifolium
Fimbristylis spadicea
Isolepis capillaris
Rhynsospora fusca [Rhynchospora fusca]
gracilenta [Rhynchospora gracilenta]
cephalantha [Rhynchospora cephalantha]
Cladium mariscoides
Scleria reticularis
laxa [Scleria laxa]
pauciflora [Scleria pauciflora]
Turistis glabra, var. Tor. & G.
Arabis caroliniana
verna [Arabis verna]
Thlaspi arvense
Drosera filiformis
Lechea thymifolia]

[right column:]
Equisetum [illeg.]
sylvaticum [Equisetum sylvaticum]
variegatum [Equisetum variegatum]
scarpiodes [Equisetum scarpiodes]
Aspidium marginale
Asplenium ruta muraria
Woodwardia angustifolia
Scolopendrium officinarum
Osmunda var. frondosa
Botrychium fumaroides
dissectum [Botrychium dissectum]
simplex [Botrychium simplex]
Lycopodium inundatum
rupestre [Lycopodium rupestre]
selago [Lycopodium selago]
Isoetes locustris
Salvinia natans
[horizontal line]
Hudsonia ericoides
Sagina erecta
Rhamnus catharticum [cathartica]
Ceanothus ovalis
Phaseolus diversifolius
Stylosanthes elatior
Desmodium dillenii
rigidum [Desmodium rigidum]
Dalibarda repens
Rubus cuneifolius
Cuphea viscosissima
Lonicera grata
sempervirens [Lonicera sempervirens]
Eupatorium teucrifolium [Eupatorium teucriifolium]
Baccharis halimifolia
Vaccinum uliginosum
Scutellaria pilosa
Plantago virginica
pusilla [Plantago pusilla]
Amaranthus pumilus
Shoeberia maritima [Schoberia maritima]
Blitum maritimum
Polygonum clinode [Polygonum cilinode]
Tipularia discolor
Allium canadense
Aletris farinosa
Juncus trifidus
stygius [Juncus stygius]
Triglochin maritimum [Triglochin maritima]
Salix all the species 
Pyrola uliginosa
Luzula melanocarpa
Cyperus grayii
ovularis [Cyperus ovularis]

[right margin:
Perhaps a few grasses & carices. [added: I will] write again when I hear from you
I suppose no harm in asking this question, & if no probability of getting of them
without some trouble, I do not ask you to do it.

Yours truly

S. B. Mead.
        