
          Should a division of the remaining plants, received
 from Dr. Gates, be made before you departure
 for Europe, I would thank you to [cause?] the
 portion, allotted to our Cabinet, to be forwarded
 to Philadelphia care of Mr. J. Dobson, 108 Chestnut A.


     We have now a very good & tolerable full her-
 barium of European plants, in our cabinet - having
 received above 1000 additional species since last winter;
 My ambition, at present, is to procure American
 species, as much as possible.  I am in expectation
 of receiving a collection from North Carolina, in
 the course of the present winter - & if
 there should be any new, or undetermined
 specimens among them, I shall lay
 them aside in order to have them sub-
 mitted to your examination.


    I am now living in hopes of being more dis-
 engaged from conflicting duties, in the course of
 another year - although furture events are wisely
 withheld from our view: but if I should not be
 disappointed, it is my intention to devote a con-
 siderable portion of my future leisure to the
 arrangement of our Herbarium - so as to leave
 it in as good condition as I can, for the benefit
 of those who come after me.  I wish, also, to have a
 district, & perfect local herbarium (of our county) -
 to contain the materials for another Flora [cistrica?] if
 I can accomplish it; & thus have the identical plants
 described, preserved by [illegible] for future reference
 & verification.  This, however, is mere Castle-building, at present.


                                                  Yours truly,
                                                              Wm. Darlington
 John Torrey, M.D. N.Y.

        