
          And. April 14. 1843.

P.S. I Hope this winter to get my plants all arranged and the duplicates laid
out. My coll "of Carices" is very fine. I have all Vahl's Greenland Carices wih
[?] named + described in his "Revisio". Vahl told me at first that [?] had had distrib-
uted all his duplicates - but he finally enriched me with a nearly complete set from
his own colln. These of Wahlenberg's were very inter-esting to Dr. Boott.
He had never seen a Wahlenbergian Carex. I have looked forward to being able to furnish you with
some of these. I shall separate my own specimens the first thing when I get settled. For your kind
offer of material for a paper wih you mention please accept my thanks. I shall try to work
hard at something soon,but known not
yet what I shall attempt beyond my Cambridge Catalogue: and beyond study wih I most need.

Boston 5 Nov. 1842
Dear sir
I hasten to acknowledge your kind favour of
the 20th [?], recieved by Dr. Gray, though I must beg you to allow the una-
voidable hurry consequent on leaving home , to be some excuse for the
imperfectings of these hardy lines. I should not have delayed writing so
long, had it not been that my time has been wholly engrossed, since
my return from abroad, with - first - going to the White Mts (whither
I accompd Dr. Gray who was very successful in obtaining living plants, not
to speak of several of the rarer alpine plants as Calamagr. sylvatica, Arbutus
alpine [?]) and after that a visit to Schenectady (I brought Aster
greeneii home with me, wholly new to Gray, who had seen only Green's
specm + Pickering's - and to Greene about as much, forhe had but a fragment
+ knew not where he obtd it - I found it growing not uncommonly on
the hill where the new Colleges stand [inserted: (x) which connects to addition at end of letter]) since which time I have been
wholly occupied with the laborious task of packing up, to return to Schenec-
tady. My plants I have not yet been over. The fact is my breaking
up of my apartments at Cambridge, when I left for Europe - left me
on my return wholly without questions. Like all other town houses, there
is not room at my father's - on at least it is too limited for my
purpose - did I not much prefer the country. While I was thinking
where I should settle down, I was invited by an old + esteemed friend
+ former Pastor Dr. Potter to come on there + see them. He wishes me to
undertake my lectures in Botany, and I hope to have the rest of my
time undisturbed for study. The gratification this invitation afforded 
to those whose wishes I am most bound to respect - led me not
to hestitate - though if I consulted my own wishes - I should not
think of it for a moment. Still the place is pleasant + familiar: the

(x) Oakes hadn't it in his Herbm - but he instantly said he knew it
grew in Ipswich + had sent it you once if not twice. Well the first
time we rode out we stumbled on Aster greenii! in Ipswich too.
        