
          plates are furnished, or at least proofed
 and the gross injustice done
 authors in solidifying and perpetuating
 what they have written,
 so as to appear at least a 
 year behind the date of appearance.
 I have not an idea that if
 printed now, your report would 
 be distributed in a year's [crossed out : fron] time now.


 Nothing has yet been done
 about the Nat [Natural] History plates
 Seaman has not even seen
 what I have here!


 We have nothing of
 California Acad. [Academy] about plants,
 except what appears in a weekly
 paper. Shall I send you the
 file of this?


 Yours truly
 SF [Spencer Fullerton] Baird


 Dr. Jno. Torrey
 NY

        