
          
 the proper Botany of the U.S.,  I should wish it to 
 supersede this to a great extent. In my hands, I 
 would sell it so cheaply as to make very little, except as 
 it promotes the sale of the Bot. [Botanical] Text Book. I would sell 
 the Text Book with it for $2, or less even. The great 
 object is to keep the ground clear by running an uncompromising 
 opposition against the threatening interlopers. 


 My lectures are to commence January 13th. 
 I am printing for Sullivant the labels & title 
 pages of Musci Alleghanienses sumptuously. 


 The steamer is probably in. I will keep 
 this sheet open for any intelligence that may come. 


 You must be a little lonely at the med. coll. [medical college]. 


 Yours ever, 
 A Gray
        