
          materials in his possession will very soon appear
 before the public in the form of an enlarged
 system of the Botany of the Northern States.
 Such an extended view of the subject would be
 an inviolable treasure to all lecturers, private
 teachers, and all others, who are disposed to enter
 deeply into the study.*


 *Dr. Torrey has almost completed the material
 for his first number.


 I think here is no blarney at all.


 I have heard of Bigsby, but never saw him.


 Now for your blue devils. Stay where you
 now are. Write your botany. Take the first
 respectable professorship that offers. I hardly
 know what to say about your attempting
 a popular course of lectures. [Added: A professorship at West Point will do for you, a few years.] I will tell
 you what you are and are not, in a few
 words. You are made for the highest walks
 of science—nice accurate investigation –
 new discoveries and improvements – to correct
 the blunders of others and keep the ship
 of science in trim. You ought to remain in N. York [added: or near that place] as a kind of scientific center
 around which such satellites as I
 am may safely revolve, without danger
 of flying off in a tangent. You have not
 one ounce of that ingredient, which is absolutely
 necessary in a popular howler.
 I charge you, if you have any regard for
 your reputation, never to let yourself down
 by such kind of popular courses, as those
 which I give. I am made for noise and
 bustle. My foot is among the rabble. And
 if I have any merit, it consists in the [?]

        