
          for I conclude that any
 thing like a proper report on 
 his plants by March is quite 
 out of the question, and also
 unnecessary, if he is to have a
 new collection within another 
 year. 


 I can in that way 
 return him names for a goodly
 part of his Compositae. 
 Farther study of them on my 
 part is not to be thought of 
 at present. 


 Had I know [known] of your visit 
 to Princeton, I should have 
 begged you to send me Witham's
 book on Fossil wood.


 In haste
 Ever Yours
 A. Gray
        