Engelmann, George Mar. 20, 1846 [1] (seq. 191)

[Asa Gray's note:] Arrvd 9 April

St. Louis March 20th 1846

My dear Doctor,
Your letter of Feb 27th arrived in due
time, for I was afraid something might have happened
to you, sickness or so, as I was about 3 months
without hearing from you — and also from Hooker's
parcel, which according to a late letter of his, he
expects in my hands since long time. —

I should be much obiged to you, to obtain for me
a copy of {David Humphreys} Storer's Fishes, as you promise, and
shall with pleasure send to him the drawings of
about 15 or 20 of our fishes, and descriptions of
them, which I have made several years ago, when
I had more leisure than now. They may possibly
be of some interest to him. I will send them in
my next package of plants, which will be sent soon.
I have lately distributed all my duplicates for the last
3 years, Geyer's and Lindheimer's included; — I have
concluded to send you a specimen of each of Lindheimer's
plants, whenever I have a duplicate; as in that
way we shall be able, without a doubt or mis-
understanding, gradually to get the whole flora of
Texas and as you can also compare Drummond's;
Riddle's and others collection; I have left out only
those, where I have only one specimen, or such
of [?], as I have already sent you.

I am very sorry that I did not know Mr Lowell's
desire to obtain western plants; I could have