
          Were there any one else in the 
 country who could do this item
 you would not be troubled, but
 unfortunately there is not. We would
 be glad to have it at your earliest
 convenience. The lists should be prepared
 so as to send out immediately, and
 have them reach their destination in 
 time for the spring operations. An hour's
 work will do it all if you have 
 the report of 1845 before you.


 You do not say anything about
 the California plant paper. Have 
 you done anything in regard
 to printing it?


 Yours truly
 SF [Spencer Fullerton] Baird


 Dr. John Torrey
 New York
        