AST. 68.] TO W. M. CANBY. 687 



Mexican Compositae, which abound with new or inter- 

 esting species ! . . . 



I send you by mail a copy of my new " Text-Book." 

 You see I relegate to other hands the anatomy, physi- 

 ology, and cryptogamia, glad to be rid of them. I 

 send, too, one of the few copies of the Shortia paper. 

 The translator into French in several places missed 

 my meaning. And the explanation of the plate is a 

 botch. I numbered only the floral parts I now fur- 

 nished, expecting the materials from Herbier Paris to 

 make another plate. Decaisne crowded all on one 

 plate, and numbered to suit himself, and then printed 

 my explanation unaltered. The numbers do not 

 match at all. . . . 



TO WILLIAM M. CANBY. 



April 25, 1879. 



. . . About scheme : it is rather my notion to go 

 via Statesville to Newton, explore down one fork of 

 Catawba, till we find Darbya, or find Curtis's locality, 

 and back by the other ; two days. But perhaps, to 

 save time, you would prefer to keep on the railroad 

 from Statesville to Lincolnton (where, by the way, 

 Magnolia macrophylla grows), pick up Darbya, and 

 then come up to us at Statesville or Marion. Then 

 we will see locality of Shortia. 



Then, my notion is to get some good searches along 

 the flanks of the mountains, from Swananoa Gap to 

 Linville Falls (find Shortia for ourselves, etc.), and 

 even up to Deep Gap, which you see is pretty well 

 north. Then make Cowles tote us to Bakers ville, and 

 then end on Roan Mountain. 



There I and my wife would like to stay several days ; 

 and you, if it must be, could leave us and get home. 



