
          He must get this volume off his hands this
winter, anyhow. The Genera will ie in
abeyance. Your Ex. Exped. drawing shall
have precedence of mine, so that I still
hope, if Sprague's lungs are not permanently
affected, that he might do your plates. If
he could, it would not be worth while to
get out an artist to do say only 100 plates.

If he should break down, however, it would
be a comfort to have another such person in the
country. In fact there is constantly work
enough for two, & more.

If you should meet with any difficulty
in this respect, I could take a good part
of your plants to figure to London or Paris, &
have them drawn, you previously indicating the
extent of the anaylsis.

My plan is only to bring out one vol. of [?]
Report next spring, & not to go beyond the
limits of the U. S. proper, those of Genera [?].
except to mention those of the [added: far] west in a general
way, otherwise it would be far too formidible  

        