
          this might have led some to suppose that he
 thereby vacated his Professorship & this induced
 them to represent the situation to you as actually
 vacant.


 I am extremely sorry that your
 kind wishes on my behalf have not been more
 fully accomplished & that all the pains you have
 taken should have proved so fruitless. Still
 if you are not discouraged, I am not &
 perhaps our next attempt may be more successful.


 Like yourself I am not at present
 engaged in the mysteries and the drudgery of
 the Laboratory & expect to be untill [until] next March.
 If I can possibly find time during the winter I
 wish very much to furnish you with a small collection 
 of plants to compare with the Herbals of
 Europe. I am anxious to have your opinion
 of the specimens in the small parcel forwarded
 sometime since. As soon as you have leisure
 amidst other more pressing calls, please send
 me your views. In great haste


 I am my Dear Sir 


 Yours Sincerely,
 W.E.A. Aiken

        