KT. 22.] TO JOHN TORREY. oo 
to state more explicitly the duties you wish me to 
perform; how much time can be given to collecting 
plants; what compensation you can afford me, sup- 
posing nearly the whole summer is devoted to making 
collections, and three fourths of the whole to belong 
to you,—or propose any plan which would be satis- 
factory to you, and I will let you know, very shortly, 
whether I will accept it or not. I had rather leave it 
to yourself than to make any definite proposition at 
present. I am confident we can make an arrange- 
ment which will be mutually beneficial. 
I need not say that I wish to hear from you again 
on this subject as soon as possible, as 1 must soon 
make my arrangements for the ensuing season. How 
large is the class at the Medical College? I have 
just returned from a visit at Fairfield; they have a 
class of about 190. In haste, 
Yours very respectfully, A. Gray. 
Utica, January 23, 1833. 
Excuse me for troubling you. I have this day re- 
ceived from Dr. L. C. Beck a sheet of a work, now 
publishing, entitled a “ Flora of the Northern and 
Middle States,” arranged according to the natural 
system. I have the sheet commencing the species; 
commences with Ranunculacez ; it is in 12mo. 
As you mentioned that Beck has been very secret 
in all his proceedings, it occurred to me that very pos- 
sibly you have heard nothing of it, and I thought it 
right to let you know. It appears to be after the 
fashion of De Candolle’s ‘“* Prodromus,” condensed de- 
scriptions and fine print. He still keeps his Ranun- 
culus lacustris, and has added a new species to that 
genus, which he calls R. Clintonii, from Rome, Oneida 
