
          at first sight by its flowers of a pale sulfur color.  No other sim [similar]
flower is so pale.  Leaves termate or opposite, alternata above
sessile narrow alanceol. acuminata, remote serrate, scabrous.
You will perhaps be able to make it out by this.

My reply to Feath. is but a just defense.  I have exploded his
Rhinvenvicles any how & his only discovery!

Your proposed voy. [voyage] to Europe next spring is indeed a change.
I was not aware you had relations in Ireland & I do not see
how you can attend to yr [your] duties in the N.Y. University if you
go to Europe.  You do not say how long you will stay, but if you
visit Paris it will take you several months.  To look at all the
herbaria will be a greater task than you are aware of.  If I 
was to send you all my doubtful plants to compare it would
increase your labor.  Since I have severa hundred such & half
of all my grasses.  I may perhaps put by a few for the purpose.

But there is as much to be done here in visiting the American
herbals of Muhlenburg, Nuttall, Schweinitz, Collins, Ellio
& many more.  Nuttal's has some New sp. yet.  It is said that
Schweintiz has left his herb to the Phil. Soc.  he gave me once a list
of 100 N. sp. in it.  I cannot tell what has become of Collins's
his son in law has scattered & sold all his collections & Books.
I heard once it was to be purchased by the West Point library.
There are I believe 500 new phenog. plants in herbals not described
besides those in yours & mine.  Halsey has soe new ones also
Who collects in Arkasas?  You forgot to mention it.  Could you
send me the list of the rare Arkansas plants?  Why do you delay
again the novelties of your herbal.  You must have a vast deal of
fine things accumulated.  I urge you to publish, for fear of losing all
like Collins & many more.

I shall try to publish next year my Suplt [supplement] to MW [Midwest] flora
with a Botanical Supl't [supplement] to all the Amer. [American] floras, but I shall
merely give my own plants, since to collect yours & all the Suplts [supplements]
would form a large Volume of itself, unless condensed like Eaton.

Your acct [account] of Dr. Arnott has decided me to cede him the plants
he wants.  I mean to divide all my finest things in 3 parts
1 for Engl [England] 1 for France & 1 for America.  But, I have not always
3 Specimens of my rare Sp [species].  Arnott's Coll [collection] will be seen by Hooker
& perhaps Lindley & thus be available to them.

Arnott's asks in his letter of 18 July My 600 N. G [New genera] 7 N. Sp [New species] or very
rare plants for which he gives my price of $60 - also for 1000
specimens from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas
Florica & Carolinas for $30 - thus altogether $110, & tells me to
draw on him first payable in Glasgow, sending the plants to a 
Mercht [merchant] to be delivered to Prof. Hooker there on the money being paid.
        