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do not act in concert with the faculty, and it is ru- 
mored quarrel among themselves, so that, unless some 
changes are effected in the board, I fear the college 
will not be sustained. I shall remain here five weeks 
longer, and then have a short engagement at Utica. 
J have promised to make a visit to the north in Au- 
gust. I wish very much that I was able to remain 
there six or seven weeks, to examine with attention 
the vegetation of the primitive region in St. Lawrence 
and Franklin counties. I cannot doubt that the 
mountains and the banks of the large streams of that 
region would furnish a rich harvest of plants. That 
range is an extension of one from the far north, which, 
passing between the Great Lakes and Hudson’s Bay, 
crosses the St. Lawrence at the Thousand Islands, 
and passes through St. Lawrence, Franklin, and 
Clinton counties. Consequently many sub - alpine 
plants, such as Anemone Hudsonica, Trisetum molle, 
Geum triflorum, ete., are found in this region farther 
south than elsewhere. The mineralogy of the region, 
also, needs to be farther explored. The expense of 
such a tour, divided between Dr. Crawe and myself, 
traveling in a conveyance of our own, will be compar- 
atively trifling. 
I find, however, that further supplies of several 
New Jersey grasses are absolutely required to enable 
me to make out the necessary number of suits this 
fall of the first part of my “ Grasses.” I see also by the 
list before me that they (with few exceptions) are in 
good state as late as the 8th or 10th of September, and 
that they can all be obtained without proceeding far- 
ther south than Tom’s River; so that I have no alter- 
native but to hasten back to New York, and make a 
flying trip to Tom’s River (or Howel Works at least) 
