12 May 1848 [3] (seq. 171)

Did I tell you that our dear boy Hastings has (as we believe)
become a Christian! He is to make a public profession of re-
-ligion at the next Communion in Dr. Adams's Church. He has great peace
of mind. Do drop him a line now & then, for he thinks much
of you.
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Have you seen Nuttall's paper on Gambel's, in Proceedings
of Phil. Acad.? Gambel has had some extra copies struck off! I told
Nuttall before he published Crossosoma — (which he considered as Paeoniacesus) that
it was a Rosaceous plant & I thought, near Nuttallia. He left out
his own remarks — but seemed afraid to substitute mine.
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Wislizenus report is out — containing Englemann's Supplement. You can
get if of some member of Congress — but if you don't succeed, I will
let you have the only extra copy that was sent to me, & which
I had intended for Hooker. I have some extras of the Suppl.
& can spare you two of them.
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Has Nuttall published a Linnaea longiflora from Oregon? In Pickering's
notes on {Exploring Expedition} plants, he ticketted a specimen "L. longifl. Nutt."
It seems distinct from ours. Strange to say the genus Linnaea has
disappeared from my herb. & I cannot imagine what has
become of it.
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Carey is working every day on Carices, both my own & those of
{Exploring Expedition} & I think he is pretty cheerful.
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Did you receive letters of introduciton from Decaisne & Jussieu.