
          You say you "return the prospectus of the Prodromus",
 but it has not come to hand. 


 I wonder the 8th vol. [volume] has not yet reached N.Y. [New York].
 You ask me to order a copy of Walpers' Repertorium
 for you, but you will not need it, as you can 
 use mine. It comes rather high. I have 
 the 1st vol. [volume] & 2 fasc. [fascicles] of the 2nd, in all 1300 pages, 
 goes down to Umbelliferae. Expect more. 
 I know more is published. It is a mere [gatherum?].


 I send you Joe Hooker's letter, which I 
 answered this morning. Please return it in 
 next parcel. 


 But it is 1/2 past 12 and I must go 
 to bed, and get rested for to-morrow's labors. 


 Tell Dear Herbert I am very sorry he 
 has been unwell and has had a bad 
 cough; and that I look at his picture every day. My love to him, 


 Cordially Yours 


 A. [Asa] Gray

        