(seq. 3)

St. Johns Nov. 7. 1812

Dear Sir,

About 10 days ago I directed to care of Chisolm & Taylor
& sent, a box containing such specimens as I tho't worth
sending.
I had collected a great many more but I could not bestow
sufficient attention to their preservation & so they were
ruined
by mould.— I never attempted the preservation of speci-
mens before & was quite ignorant of the proper mode.
I feel not a little ashamed on pressing such ill pre-
served & mutilated plants— I conclude you will detect
me in erroneous nomenclature, this you will have the
liberality to over look when you reflect that I exercise
a profession which leaves me scarcely any leisure
& of all others ought to have the full occupation of the mind.
I frequently when attempting to refer a plant to its proper
place in the floras have to depend on memory alone.
Should you wish to make further enquiries respecting any
particular specimen refer to the word which I have written
on the inside of the leaf or fold of paper— The words on
the back have no reference to the plants enclosed—
The Gynandrous plant mentioned in my last is probably
described by Walter or Michaux but I candidly confess I
can not decide which is it— It seems to me to