348 A DECADE OF WORK AT HOME.  [1847, 
will display structure finely, but he must not under- 
take them under six dollars apiece, since they will 
cost him as much time as do my octavo ‘“ Genera” 
drawings. He might make what you want along this 
summer and autumn ; I am not crowding him. 
September 28, 1847. 
I had a pleasant visit to Litchfield of three days, in- 
cluding the Sabbath. On the banks of a lake in the 
neighborhood I stumbled on a species of Cyperus 
dentatus, which in the “‘ Flora of the Northern States” 
you credit to Litchfield, Brace! This Mr. Brace, who 
isan uncle of J.’s, I met for a moment at New Mil- 
ford, where he now lives. There are three great aunts, 
most excellent old ladies, who live in a simple and 
most delightful manner at Litchfield. The youngest, 
who has been J.’s guardian almost from infancy, re- 
turned with us to Boston for a week or two. Their 
brother, Mr. Pierce, who died only last year, was, it 
seems, an old friend of yours, through whom they feel 
almost acquainted with you. He passed a part of his 
life in New York, was a mineralogist, and I think I 
have seen his name as a member of the Lyceum. Pray 
tell me about him. 
I found it not easy to make an arrangement in 
New York for the publication of the “ Illustrated Gen- 
era,” by which I could get back directly the money 
I have expended in it. I think, therefore, I shall go 
on to defray the expenses of the first volume myself, 
which I think I shall be able to do, and thus manage 
to get the immediate proceeds myself. As to the 
“Manual,” I have unwittingly made it so large, in 
* John P. Brace, Litchfield, Conn.; an early botanist and miner- 
His herbarium went to Williams College. 
