
          And. July 5th 1838
New Orleans October 21 1837
Recd. Nov. 6

Dear Sir,

I yesterday gave to the agent of the
Brig Margaret bound for New York, a considerable
bundle of dried plants, for Dr. Gray and yourself.
I shall send the bill of lading to Dr. Gray; in his
absence you will do well to call for it on board
the brig. She leaves this port in less than a week.

Having been kept at home in the early
part of the season by domestic afflictions, and 
later by the yellow fever, from which I have
suffered, I have scrambled and collected much less
than I had promised myself. But as I am
permanent here, I hope for better fortune another
year.

I have not yet received the Annals of the
New York Lyceum. If it has been or should be
sent by ship, I wish the Cor. Secretary would
apprise me of it by mail. The equivalent I will
remit by mail or pay to a bookselling agent here.

Do me the favor to reply by letter, when the
package of plants, comes to hand.

Where is Dr. L. C. Beck? I have sent him
two packages of Western plants, never heard
that he received them. Rafinesque's Florula
Ludoviciana applies about as much to
        