
          20 or 30 plants chiefly asters & solidagos which
I have not been able to determine to my satisfaction.
They are numbered and when your
leisure permits I should be glad to have them
named. In fact there are groups of species
among the asters & solidagos I think no man
is bound to know from the books. Recourse 
must be had to authenticated specimens.
Besides those in the small parcel it would 
be quite a service to me if you would point 
out the errors in the other parcels. I have 
duplicates & memoranda of all, so that I can
easily understand the connections necessary.

I am the more anxious for this as I shall
soon probably have a list of all the plants (near 1000) 
I have collected around here, printed, to assist
me in making exchages etc. You say
there are probably 4 or 500 in a set of the Spanish
plants. If there should be more I can add
several hundred to mine yet, I collected 
last season plentifully, and am now pretty
well stocked with the plants of this section
for exchange or to give away. So if you can
send me any "customers in that line" particularly
the first they shall be attended to.

The annals of the N. York Lyceum have 
come to hand. There are some fine botanical
treats in them. The parcel of plants you
        