'GOI.'LZGE OF AGRICULTURE 
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Jackson s-i 
•; March*.,.. 2^(th. . /95 v 
Mv dear Sir, 
With the flowers a,1.1 over the hills , and such letters as _ 
your kina lines coming to me : do you wonder I asked my wife to a£ia«nb- 
play to me the tune of' Mel.del ssohn ’ s Springsong ? ( My mother brought 
over to us the piano which served us through years of better time , and 
now was the means of allowing us to have my wife take music les. ons 
since we are married ) , Like the song of Uhlanb sounds it to me , and 
like him I walk over the hills and persuade myself with, old time faith, 
old time hope , : Am ende muss sich a!les wenden ■ - I see by your pape - 
pers which you kindly sent me ( and which I appreciate with the signa¬ 
ture of the donor y that you are made of the same clay as my wretched 
self' when you gather.flowers on such plans as you describe your sand - 
soil binding specimens, yfas , such was my occupation . ,1 have transfor¬ 
med. since those days when I first saw the ocean. , my dream of years , 
on the coast of Insel Ruegen now twelve years since. My specimens are 
no^t as good as that, i ebony could sell them for $ 7.00 per centuny, 
nor part with t^em under any conditions as long as the Daisies have not 
taken possession of the ground above I have collected specimens 
like that from, all over the mountains of my fatherland , and I now have 
not time to look at them. - You have dropped the balm of sweet hope on 
my wr^e^ched soul when speaking iM terms as you did about my little pam¬ 
phlet. I paid $ 102 for the paltry edition got out , ana while I thus 
cut into the returns which might come to me from my exsiccatae , I reap 
the benefit beyond the influence of coin already now ere days have pas¬ 
sed. You told me you are a teacher . Such is my profession ,if I but 
could get there . I always wished and t\ried to explain, tried to ex¬ 
tend my litule capacity of learning and demonstrating upon th^-ose 
desirous of it , and happy I was. And if I had to spent the rest of my 
life in this position, I gladly will do so knowing fhose^or some of thau^ 
at least / which do appreciate a soul $ ’s expression. It was kind of you 
to read some passages to your wife.' My ever- so-much-better half' did not 
know one word of the contents of my booklet ere it was finished by the 
printer : and. she tt%en looked displeased, but wtat have I if nolEr \ het~ , 
what do I h care if I can not let the outside world know how satisfied 
happy homelife renders,a person Around me in this county : marriage 
is contracted f or fun,. dissolved for renewal of fan , and the children 
of such issues popilate this beautiful country in such terrifying ways, 
that I lead a life which for instance now has not taken me into Jackson 
for more t^an sehven weeks. But enough of that. —, 
Is it unkino of me to ask you to check off 't your desiderata on 
the accompanying checklist ? It would be great trouble for me to get 
them marked as I have not kept,track of the numbersrin succession )since, 
sending first mtey plants to Prof, breene. It is an easy thing for you to 
mark again , and while I am sorry for the delay , I am now in the busiauA- 
season with .my pruning and. trimming \ in orchard and vineyard. - Alter 
reading your notes on your herbarium , I dm not surprised that you wish 
