
          of the students of your Medical College to the amount of some Botanical
Books which I do not possess you would tehreby confer a favor on one whose
greatest efforts would be exerted to merit it. The books that I am the most
desireous of obtaining at present are Torrey & Gray's Flora of North America
and Elliots Botany of the Southern States but would accept any which
I do not possess, this has no reference to the specimens you desired me to
send. Does Doct Gray now reside at Cambridge university? Would he not be
likely to want live specimens for the Botanic Garden of which he has charge?

I will now speak of plants, beginning with Nardosmia palmata which grows
in abundance in the town of Wayland, Steuben Co. on a Mr. Dildines farm
and wild land adjoining. He owns a steam saw mill and lives on the direct
read from Bloods Corners (in Conhocton) to Dansville. It is in the S. side of the
road in a cedar swamp (Thurja accidentalis) of 5 miles extend [crosses out:near]the head of the
Conhocton river.

The locality of Phlox subulata I percieve is not given in
this state. I have found it aundant in several localities, first on "Terrace 
Hill" at Jefferson, head of SenecaLake, ( I should suppose Dr. Sartwell would have
found this locality ere now). On the road from Jefferson to Corning, 1 mile north of
the latter place. On the Rail Road between Corning and Hornellsville, and on 
the stage road from the latter place to Danesville 1 mile before you reach the village.
On Thorns HIll 3 miles Awest of Bloods Corners, and doubtless in many places in
Steuben and oher counties bordering on Pensylvania. When travelling in
Orange Co on a botanical tour a year ago last December I found in the famous
town of Warwick a Phlox growing [added: on the] almost naked surface of one of those white
christantine rocky [added: ridges] elevated 30 or 40 feet above the level, which had the general 
appearance, and I at first supposed was the P. subulata but in selecting plants
to send home I perceived that the dead scape? or flower stem was another thing
altogether,s tanding from 3 to 5 inches above the leaves, branching at the summit

        