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Milwaukee Aug 6, 1856

Dear Sir

I have your favor of 3^d inst.
and am glad to learn that your fathers
health is improving - please present to
him my best respects & good wishes.

The Campanula is C. rotundifolia, the
Hare (or Hair) Bell - It grows here & its
origin with you is quite probably as
you suggest. The radical leaves only as round.

The grass is Setaria glauca, a
weed spread over much of the world.
If it will keep the chinch bug away from
more valuable plants it may yet
prove to have some use! -

What you say of the Silphium laciniatum
is new to me. I supposed its very
coarseness & roughness would be
repulsive to horses as well as other
animals. But let me have a
copy of your article when published.

I have about concluded an arrangement
with the U.S. Patent office to investigate
the grasses of the U. States as I told you
when I had the pleasure of seeing you
at my house - This will lead