
          judiciously - there are however no other varieties
 of any king garden or floral at the disposal
 of the office & I therefore intended the best for you when
 I directed it to be forwarded.


 I am sincerely glad you escaped the [?]
 which swept over the assay office. I hope you have
 no personal dealings with the head - after that affair
 in this City & his conduct, I should almost abhor
 the sight of such a man for where [crossed out: illegible] [above line: act] there does
 appear in my mind the slightest [?]


 I am sorry that Wurtz did not always direct
 his attention to College life. He is not adapted to college
 teaching at least his winter here has not developed
 the didactic element in him. He has been dissatisfied with
 the [Class?] and the [Class?] speak disparagingly of him. His education
 in chemical matters is good. His information accurate
 & plentiful on Chemistry but very limited in every collateral
 branch. Noisy and boisterous in many ways & so conceited
 that he is quite intolerant of any one professing any
 information but himself & this latter element has prevented
 medical students attaching themselves to him. He has
 not made a good examiner [added: in this office] being hasty, impulsive, & 
 beginning to express his ideas before they are thoroughly
        