
          difficult, for determination at the close of the collecting
season which (health permitting) shall be actively improved.
To Cyperaceae & Gramineae I shall give special attention
they are favorite orders with me. Your acct. of Dr. 
Gray's reception in Europe is exceedingly interesting.
What a delightful time he must have examining
thos old herbaria and that too with the assistance
of such "luminaries" as Brown, Hooker etc.

He is doing exactly what was required by the
botany of this country. After all the old difficulties 
are cleared up I hope our botanical matters will be
attended to on this side of the waters and that our
transatlantic friends be released from their long
supervision of them. I trust all thing relating
to the new flora are advancing favorably. What
we have of it only shows how much we want the
remainder. Mr. Platt will remain in your city
until about the 20th of may & in the meantime will
be shipping goods to this place. He can be found
at his brother-in-law's Dr. W.C. Hickok No. 112 Franklin St.
He will take charge of any thing intended for me. 
This will be a good opportunity of sending Drummond's
British Mosses & if you have had time to lay them
aside some Cyperaceae & Gramineae from yourself would
be gladly received on any terms. These plants are difficult
to be procured. Many who attend to botany do
not collect them.

Yours truly

Wm. S. Sullivant
        