
          desire now is, to finish the work of various sorts 
 for which I am engaged, and to take great 
 care to engage in little more that will not
 pay. I do not mean to be so pressed 
 hereafter. 


 Had you not best to make your visit 
 now right away? You had best come 
 now, at once, or wait till the end of August, 
 at and after Commencement. How much time 
 can you give me? If you can bring on 
 your plants, you can set down here and 
 work to advantage, if you will only allow 
 yourself time. Or will you have various points
 to be studied more definitely fixed, next month. 
 Or, will you prefer to study Emory's collection 
 here. If, on the one hand you fear taking 
 my time from the Manual, on the other 
 please to remember that you may help me 
 greatly as to the Cyps. Gram. [Cyperaceae & Gramineae?] [Junci?]! (Save 
 the mark) &c. Consult your own 
 convenience, only give me as much time as you 
 can, and come prepared with work enough of your 
 own to accomplish here, so that you will not 
 be lonesome. Only let me tell you that
 the Lady Jane expects the pleasure of seeing you 
 and she will probably be absent from near the 
 1st August to the 23rd on a visit to maternal 
 relatives in Connecticut, in which case I shall probably 
 be in requisition for the middle week in August.
        