
          of Books ready. I have just written to 
 Mr. Wiley to send on my boxes, and hope next 
 week to get nearly in working order. I now 
 think of remaining here (studying Compositae
 &c) thro [through] the month of August and until after
 commencement, which is the 4th Wednesday of 
 that month. Then visiting Mt. Washington, if I can 
 get money and a companion (I shall ask Oakes)
 and in September going (via New York) to Western 
 N.Y. [New York], where I wish to collect roots & seeds as extensively 
 as may be. I will soon make out a list 
 of some things I would like Knieskern to get 
 for me in the Pine Barrens.


 I am anxious to hear of our [half erased: helond?], Herbert,
 and whether the new apparatus is likely to answer the purpose
 I hope it may. I hope the girls will write and Mrs. T. [Torrey]
 also, if she can find time in the multiplicity of her 
 household occupations, which I suspect are increased
 by a country residence. Tell Eliza also that I must 
 write her about a learned lady in these parts, 
 who assists her husband in his school, and is a

        