44 EARLY UNDERTAKINGS. [1834, 
An idea just this moment strikes me which, in its 
erude shape, I will communicate. In eight or ten 
days I can get to the metals. Suppose I could then 
get excused, and finish my course here next summer 
in connection with mineralogy, which for these young- 
sters would do pretty well; reach New York early 
next month; set out immediately for Georgia, and 
remain there until the latter part of May; return via 
Charleston ; examine Elliott’s herbarium, and return 
here by the first of June. I may be quite sure that 
April and May would be healthy, but could there be 
plants enough collected, especially Graminez, to make 
it an object? Please say what you think of it. If 
you think it will do, I see no insuperable objection to 
carrying it into effect. 
few days ago a letter reached me from Professor 
Lehmann, in answer to my communication eighteen 
months ago. He is quite desirous of continuing the 
correspondence. He is now particularly engaged 
with Hepatic, and is anxious to obtain our species, 
and especially original specimens of those described 
by the late Mr. Schweinitz, ete. He has sent a box 
(which by this time I hope has arrived in New York) 
containing about five hundred species of plants and 
several botanical books. He also writes that he has 
applied to Nees von Esenbeck for dried specimens 
of all the species of Aster cultivated in his garden 
in order to transmit them with the monograph by 
that author; but not having arrived in time they 
will be sent with his next package. I wish to be par- 
ticularly remembered to Mrs. Torrey and to Mr. 
Shaw, not forgetting my lively little friends J 
E ,and M , whom I very much long to see. I 
had intended long before this to have written to Mr. 
