
          I would now alter. I do not know what you will think
 of my Analysis. Perhaps you would prefer the Linnaean
 System for [crossed out: th] determining the Genera. I have used this 
 Analysis in classes for several years and I succeed
 with it much better than with the Linnaean system.
 It may be much improved however, I could alter it
 now for the better, You will notice the misplacing of
 Apetalar. It was done in moving [crossed out: for] to this city and the
 copy became [dir?] and this part was not observed till
 the first proof of the [added:O]ndogins was printed. The leaving out
 of their genera forming the Appendix was the carbenness [crossed out: of]
 of the Compositors. Not expecting such a thing and not
 correcting by the copy [crossed out: they] I did not notice the [added: omissions] till
 the work was nearly complete.


 You may recollect that I called on you a year ago last
 December. You might have thought it singular, if you
 thought of it at all, that I should leave New York
 without calling on you again according to appointment, 
 I was taken sick that night and was not able to be
 out till it was absolutely necessary for me to leave for
 home; leaving nearly all of my business in New York undone.
 The exposure to the tremendous storm on my way to N. Y.
 gave me such a cold that I was feeble all winter.


 The preparation of my Book and the management of a
 large German Boarding School has compelled me to abstain
 from all uses of my time for other purposes. I calculated on

        