220 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
botany.—There is, however, a vacation of 2 months in the year 
(July & August) which I can spend as I please.—During our re- 
views also two more months are spent without my lecturing— 
whlich] relieves me from that wh. consumes the most of my t me— 
viz. the writing of lectures.—Besides—after this year, if God spare 
my life, I shall have a complete course entirely written out. You 
see I am still devoted to our favorite science—I hope never to give 
it up— 
Really it is time you received something more from me than 
promises—for these have been reiterated by me for the twentieth 
time & nothing has been sent to you yet.—Having at last settled 
myself & having a beloved partner who takes a strong interest in 
my favorite pursuits, I hope with her help to arrange & place in 
complete order my little collections & thus to know certainly 
what I possess.—Then it will be in my power to be more useful 
to my friends—& also to furnish them with my precise desiderata. 
You must not be out of patience with me for I do as well as I can. 
You are yourself to blame, for by your liberality bringing me so 
much in your debt. 
In your 2nd letter you hope that the cause of my long silence 
was my absence from the city.—As you now know how I have been 
occupied for some time past I trust you have already pardoned 
my neglect. But there is another fault I have been guilty of 
whlich] I fear will not so readily be overlooked by you. One of 
the two bundles of plants which you sent me for Prof". Hooker 
(that brought by Mr. Mortimer) was only forwarded about a 
month since! My apology must be frequent absence from the 
city and almost continual hurry & business. It has, I hope— 
ere this reached him in safety. The other package I delivered 
into Mr. Halsey’s hands to transmit—as he was in the mercantile 
way & could watch the opportunities for Glasgow. Did you 
receive a letter from the Prof". a few days since? He also sent 
me a package for you—after looking at -the contents (wh{ich] I 
knew to be Greville’s Cryptog.) [28] I sent it [in*] care of Mr. 
Mortimer in N. Y. with a request that [it should] be sent you by 
the = at ORE ny [I — litt e news to tell roar Nooker d has 
: The paper is torn at this point and several words are aniti in this 
and the cee line. 
