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[forward?]

New York May 4, 1865

Dr. I. A. Lapham

Milwaukee Wisn

Dear Sir

I send today,
by Express, the long promised
[Icrus Muscereum?]. I fear your
patience has been severely
tried by my waiting so
long. Please excuse.

I enclose quite a list of
Western plants which I hope
to obtain some time or
other. It is taken from your
Catalogue and the Supplements
to it. I would be greatly obliged,
(if it is not asking too much),
if you could let me have
such of them as you have
duplicates of to spare; a any
other Western ones not in
the list. Those marked with
a dot, thus . , are most wanted;
and those with two dots, thus, . .
particularly so. Are there no
Eastern plants you want, which