
          opportunity a good one of conveying this parcel to him, and 
consequently I worote to him to that effect. Should he leave
anything with you for me I will thank you to have it
sent to Mr. Dobson. The parcel for Mr. Oakes I will
inform him is in your hands, subject to his order!

Your own parcel is so large an one, that I 
trust you can scarcely fail to find at least a few things
in it, which will be interesting or acceptable; although I am
conscious that the most of them will not be so, except 
for the purposes of farther distribution. When they reach
you I trust that you will favour me with full and 
free remarks on all such as may seem to require it, especially
those which I have ventured to consider new, or undescribed .
You will find that this parcel will place
you fearfully in my debt, and I must charge you to make 
arrangements, at once, for cancelling it, before I begin another
array of enteries against you, on the score of plants
from the prairies of Illinois, where I hope to [rest?] for some
portion of this spring & summer!

Shall we not see your paper on N. A. [North American] Cyperaceae
before the publication of the 3d vol. of the Lyceum?
A proof sheet of the paper was sent me by Dr. Gray, for 
which I thank you. Please to present my respect to him,
and say, that I shall write to him in the course of a few
days.

Very truly my dear Sir
I am yours &c.
C.W. Short 
        