
          I do highly approve of your proposed Flora of the
Northern States. I think you ought to give the essential character
in latin as well as English, that it may be current on 
the continent of Europe. Such a work would be purchased
now if ready by about one tenth of all my pupils.
At least that proportion now purchase Nuttall, [?],
Bigelow 7c.[etc.] for the sake of more enlarged descriptions
than can ever be given in a school-book like the
Manual. Bender these will always be in one hundred spaces in
every neighborhood, which require a discussion of some
length.

I never made you a definite [proguise?] about plants. Now
I will. C.E. shall lay ot for you, whatever we have any 
reason to believe you want, as she goes through our collection.
I suppose she will begin next week. I do not believe we
have many which you want. I do not ask for all that long
list of plants I sent you; but I supposed you wished to know what
I had not, that you might send whatever should be convenient.
Col. Gibbs must not expect that poor folks can collect
such cart-loads of minerals as he does. If we furnish him
with localities, [?] by small specimens, this is about all
he can expect. Perhaps I am in a mistake about the
Zircon. I will endeavor soon to procure [added: and send] what I called  a perfect
crystal.

As to insects I had my boys collect about two
hundred species, which I hung the garret stuck on
shingles. When I returned from Hudson I found something
had eaten most of them. I wish you would [?] us
about our little Calendar. I really experience the want
of such a book [added: at] every course of lectures. It ought to
be contained in a 18 mo in fine type. I think we shall
confine it to time and habitat, chiefly. Have a running
date on the left hand, and give some character for wet,
dry, woods, open field &c.[etc.] The chief objective being to enable
students, on any day, to know what to expect to find in
flower and in what situation to look. I wish you could
lend us your journal of plants. It would not be worthwhile
to copy it. We want would return it safely. We wish to set
down the day of the month, perhaps we may divide 
it into weeks
        