294 A DECADE OF WORK AT HOME. [1842, 



I wish we had a collector to go with Fremont. It 

 is a great chance. If none are to be had, Lieutenant 

 F. must be indoctrinated, and taught to collect both 

 dried specimens and seeds. Tell him he shall be im- 

 mortalized by having the 999th Senecio called S. 

 Fremontii ; that 's poz., for he has at least two new 

 ones. . . . 



I have the privilege of expending one hundred dol- 

 lars in botanical illustrations, to be the property of 

 the college and to be increased from time to time. 

 How do you advise me to proceed in the matter ? 



Though greatly behindhand, I must get Composite 

 all done this month. Then if you could have the Lo- 

 belias and Campanulas ready, I think we could print 

 the latter part of January, and I get everything off 

 my mind and ready for teaching 1st of March. . . . 



This letter you see has no beginning, as I have 

 scribbled down memoranda for a day or two past, as 

 they occurred to me. I am deep among Thistles, which 

 are thorny (though I see that they are satisf actionable, 

 all but one little group of two or three species), and 

 have been considerably interrupted, or I should have 

 written you sooner. 



TO MBS. TORKEY. 



CAMBRIDGE, Wednesday evening, December 14, 1842. 

 It is some time since I have written to Princeton, 

 and longer since I have heard from any of you ; for I 

 believe you are every one in my debt. This, however, 

 has not restrained me from writing, and I have only 

 waited until a proposition very unexpectedly made me 

 a few days ago should be disposed of. I have been 

 invited to lecture before the Lowell Institute next 

 year, and have had the hardihood to accept ! A cele- 



