
          not have a chance till now [set?] of Tex. Lindh. as published.

Poor Sprague, he is very thin & worn & [& his?]
miserable health, and his sister, with him, is sick
with a pleurisy of pretty long standing, a sort of chronic
pleurisy, with effusion into the chest Dr. Wyman says.
He can do little work now, and says he can never
do half I have put on his shoulders. I am afraid
that all he can possibly do for you this summer will
be to finish those Smithsonian plates, and I can't
get him to [crossed out: do the] finish the 4th. yet, though
I have urged & urged him, all I possibly could,
& scolded & threatened him, but now I have no heart
to do it. Besides, when I do, he threatens to sell his
place and go back to Hingham & live by painting
coaches.

Have you yet [DC?] [?] 13. (part 2). I get an early
copy,  but Wiley should have the regular copies
along by this time. [Morgin?] [Dont?] know [?]
& leaves it out of the [Chenopod?]. I want to see whether he
has the Amaranthaceus genus, but have not observed
it yet.

Jane is away at litchfield [?] where I
left her early in the month, with her maternal relatives,
to stay till first of August, to return for the Sci. [?],
here when we expect to see you with us. Haenry will
also be with us, & Harvey if he arrives.

Jane writes that she is improving at L. but she is
very far from well & strong.

I am nearly through with the American compositae of
E. Exped. on which I am  hard at work.

My love to Mrs. Torrey & the "children".

Yours faithfully

AsaGray
        