
          things were correct, & he will 
have but one of his several
new genera left. I fear
your Vilfa utilis will be
inutilis (recollect I am in
Phila.) for Nutt. [Nuttall] is ahead of
you. He (Nutt.) is a great
fellow to double on himself 
& I frequently find the same
thing marked as two or three
different species with an * [asterisk].

I begin to think that we
know quite as much about 
Grams. [Gramineae] as anybody. This
evening went to the Academy
& met a number of the
working members thereof.

Le Conte Jr. wished to be
remembered to you, he goes
tomorrow to Cambridge and
will call & see you as he
returns. Somebody here is
reproducing Michaux's Sylva
        