
          leave at the Med. Col. [Medical College] unless you say
 to the contrary, in the meantime.
 He says that he sends me 6-700 specs. [specimens]
 all Southern, which will be the first
 important contribution I have received
 from the South. Indeed, the only one,
 except some [added: few] of Hale's [Josiah Hale] which I got
 from Gray [Asa Gray], when I was at Boston. I shall
 prefer incorporating these plants, in
 my Coll'n [Collection] before rummaging over your
 duplicates, or I might otherwise deprive
 you, unnecessarily, of many good things.
 The Ship is expected here in about 10
 days or a fortnight-- Dr. Bromfield [William Arnold Bromfield] is,
 I believe, out of town, as I have not
 seen him for some 10 days. He is a
 very zealous hand, & evidently knows
 well what he is about. Some time ago
 you told me you thought you could arrange
 with the printers of the State Flora, for
 some Copies at a lower rate than Wiley [Wiley & Putnam]
 charged. If you succeeded in this, & have
 not disposed of all you bespoke, I should
 like a Copy, in sheets, as I should prefer
 having it interleaved for Mem'a [memoranda] (like my
 Hook. flor. bor. [Flora boreali-americana, by William Jackson Hooker]) & it would save the expense
 of two bindings. If there are prints enough to 
        