
          in such work as we may find it
necessary to do by-and-bye. But, 
as for substituting him for you-
as permitting him to take the entire
direction of the [reparation?] and perfecting
of the herbarium, it is not
to be thought of for an instant. 
His idea seems to be to make up
a herbarium [added: of such plants as grow in the State] [?] to perfect
the State herbarium- and, it seems, he cannot comprehend the difference.

The state herbarium, as it now is, 
and what frmom your authentications, is, 
in my judjement, worth from $300 to 
$1000: Perfected, and with your authentications, 
and connected with your
report, it becomes, to the State especially, 
of inestimable value.

And here, I may say, that a part- 
perhaps the most important part of
my plan- is, when the herbarium has
recieved the accession of the coming season, 
to induce you, if I can, [crossed out: illegible] a due
recommendation, to [crossed out: illegible] examine &
authenticate this collection anew: But this I
        