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Short has received the parcel from Hooker containing his BRITISH JUNGERMANNIA and the first part of the second volume of Hooker's BRITISH FLORA. He has no idea of the cost of the former work or he would have been loath to accept it in return for the 'trifles' he has sent. Cholera has almost entirely left the neighbourhood, but is still present in parts of Kentucky and Tennessee. The cholera has lost him six weeks of botany. Prior to this he had found several plants that he had never seen growing in Kentucky, including Podostigma viridis, Phlox reptans, Asclepias nivea, Lilium catesbaei, Iris verna, and Dentaria diphylla. During the next three months he is contemplating a visit to some interesting points of the state to increase his catalogue. Before winter he has reason to expect several parcels of dried plants, including a large one that will interest Hooker, from Arkansas. The Arkansas cabbage has not flourished well with him, but he can supply Hooker with specimens in flower and fruit. The sketch of a leaf supposed to be of this cabbage, a copy of which he sent Hooker, is really that of a Silphium. This season he may not be able to visit the only locality where he has found the Cyamus. He shall have no trouble securing the ripe capsules for Hooker through a friend; these objects of curiosity and are frequently found in people's houses. He has not met Hooker's request for tubers of the deciduous Cupressus and asks for clarification of the plant. In his last letter he mentioned Mr Henry A. Griswold who wishes to exchange plants with British botanists. Short wonders if Hooker can suggest anyone. Griswold is especially interested in ferns and wants to know if Hooker's ICONES FILICUM is complete and how much it costs. Griswold wonders what other works will assist him with American ferns. Short shall continue to collect seeds of their native productions for Hooker's friends, including Murray, and acorns for Lord Campbell. He is anxious to have the SALICTUM WOBURNENSE and he wonders what it costs. Page 1 of 4.