264 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
for her Sisters & their acknowledged beauties I confess I can hardly 
forgive any one’s forsaking Flora’s delightful service entirely, 
while I do most sincerely rejoice in the fact that a faithful at- 
tachment to her can & often does subsist, whilst her devotees are 
actively engaged in the more substantial employment of her 
richer sisters. 
I look forward to your remarks on Gates’ plants with no 
small desire—by the by—are we not to expect some fresh supply 
from that Gentleman. The last remittance tho’ not extraordinary, 
was still extremely valuable. 
The copy of Hooker’s two first numbers [34], which you so 
kindly lent me, was duly received & has been assiduously studied by 
me. I regret (besides the want of the plates of the first no.) that 
I suffered myself to be deterred from my first intention of copying 
out the whole (for since then I have copied a much longer & less 
useful affair) until the time you have so kindly allowed me for 
the use of it has expired: I am however very glad to be able to 
prove to you my punctuality in returning by the good opportunity 
which offers to send it you. Tomorrow a gentleman with whom I 
have become scientifically acquainted during his winter’s residence 
here, viz. Dr. Saynish of Nyk [New York] proposes to go to 
Nyk & has promised me to take charge thereof. He will make a 
stay of a few days only—if you can spare it—I should most eagerly 
embrace your offer of perusing the third No.—provided you could 
send it to me by that Gentleman—& would do my best to return 
it shortly to you. I have not received the Copy of your edition 
of Lindley [46|—tho’ most eagerly looked for. Indeed I have de- 
ferred a study of the natural families for which I had prepared 
myself—until after its receipt as it will doubtless aid me essentially. 
Dr. Saynish has promised me to call at Carvill’s & try to get the 
volume. I have actually gone thro’ my collection as I stated to 
you in a former letter—but I found the project of combining a 
selection of your desiderata with the object I principally had in 
view not so practicable as I thought, & have therefore resolved 
to make that selection the cause of a new progress thro’ the whole. 
The list of your desiderata however appears. to me to be taken 
exclusively from my list of plants obiter observed during my 
western journey only. On this account I am about making out 
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