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perhaps I can find a corner for it), Ohio, Indiana or 

 not as the case may be, leave out Illinois, which has 

 too many Mississippi plants, take in Michigan and 

 Wisconsin, at least Lapham's * plants near the Lakes. 

 That makes a very homogeneous florula. 



I have made as usual much less progress than I 

 supposed; so now, pressed at the same time with col- 

 lege duties, I have to work very hard indeed. Carey 

 is coming on to help me. . . . Sheet full. 



July 20, 1847. 



Did you not know that an application has come 

 from Wilkes through Pickering 2 to Sprague to make 

 some botanical drawings for the Exploring Expedi- 

 tion, which, as I supposed they were to be for your 

 use, I persuaded Sprague to promise to undertake, at 

 ten dollars for each folio drawing with the dissections 

 full. . . . The price we fixed is as low as Sprague 

 can do them for, to any advantage, even if he had 

 nothing else to do. The price I fixed for the draw- 

 ings of u Genera," and which I thought very large, 

 (|6 per plate) does not thus far pay Sprague day 

 wages, he takes so much time and care with them. I 

 can only hope that the experience and facility he is 

 getting will enable him to knock them off faster here- 

 after. You see therefore that Sprague cannot afford 

 to make the drawings for Emory at the price he made 

 those for Fremont two dollars apiece. He will do 

 them better ; having now such skill in dissections he 



1 Increase Allen Laphara, 1811-1875 ; author of a Catalogue of 

 Plants in the Vicinity of Milwaukee. 



2 Charles Pickering-, 1805-1878. " Author of Geographical Distri- 

 bution of Plants and Animals and Man's Record of his own Existence, 

 largely a record of changes in the habitat of plants. A monument of 

 wonderful industry " [A. G.j. 



