Regarding Gray's distribution of Wright’s collections of 1849. 
(data from Gray’s letters to Wright) 
In letter of Jan 2 ,’50, Gray acknowledges receipt of catalogue,and in 
Feb. 10 ,'50 the receipt of the collection (8 bundles & 2 boxes) 
In Gray’s' letter of May 30, *50 hs gives the following data regarding the sets,- 
"In the distributiom of your sets the highest number is 828. This runs through 
my set, Lowell's, and the Smithsonian’s. Then Bentham’s (which I pay for) is 680, 
Harvey’s 690, Hooker’s 650, Fielding's 644, B.L.Greene's 631 (as he advanced 
I50 that leaves only $13 coming from him), British Museum 519, Webt>453 (these two 
last are not engaged but I hope they will take them; I shall carry them abroad 
for the purpose). A set I have offered to Durand contains 498. As he bought a 
former Texan collection from you which contains many of the same things and has 
also Lindheimer's, I have written to him offering this set for $40, should he 
decline I shall try to dispose of it abroad for $50 but there will be some 
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expenses. In the distribution I have use those collected between Galveston and 
San Antonio where they held out well, also I have used the Rio Grande plants 
/i.i. the Eagle Pass collection of 1848J and others of the old collection. 
Here after do not send those collected in Texas or any formerly collected, as they 
deterioriate your seta. Every one cf our subscribers have them from Drummond 
and Lindheimer before. It was not well thought of to send that Texan bundle,as 
they are of no use, except that I have used a few to eke out other sets. For 
the restj Torrey's set is 433 specimens; when the specimens run short his are 
always scraps (those go against his paper etc.). To Engelmann I have sent a 
number of supernumeraries and plants which I want him to study. DeCandolle's set 
ammounts to 410 specimens. These I have offered to him as you proposed in exchange 
for the Prodromus. I shall bundle up the other Texan plants remaining here and send 
to DeCandolle with them. I have not time to total their number now 
but must do that at intervals of lea sure while I am at u eneva this summer. The 
above enumeration takes all your collections. Supernumeraries of interesting plants 
are thrown into my set from which specimens #sn be taken here after for yourself. 
