(seq. 2)

efforts have shed so much lustre —

Your most Resp
Wm Prince
[JMW?]

I hope the attention of our Southern
Brethren will be turned fully to the
wine — the juice of the grape will wash
out all their griefs & render the North
their tributary — I have now over
400 varieties 207 of which are
from the farfamed collection of the
Louxembourg — and I have now tens
of thousands ready to plant vinyards
& of those kinds which will suit the
various climates of the union —
In my Desiderata I particularly named

Rhus elegans with scarlet fruit
Lupinus villosus
Baptisia perfoliata
Bullet Grape
Lycium floridamuca of this last I
now have one plant —
The others are still desired —

Mr Herbemont sent me some
shrubs which he supposed to be
Hamiltonia but they are not —
being Sideroxylon or Nyssa