
          afraid of the expense and proposes that
the plants be placed for the present in one
of the large cases of the Museum. He says he
will have one of them prepared for their
reception provided you agree to the
proposition

The small room of the
Library is to be used in the summer as the
meeting place of the Faculty. Perhaps
the long cases which are now placed horizontally
on the floor of the Museum may be
widened, set on edge and made to contain
the Herbarium the article however is
so valuable that you would be unwilling
to have it placed in an exposed position

I am now as usual at this
season of the year much engaged
with my college duties I am making
an effort to get through with the principal
part of my course during the present
session so as to leave the field to you
and others the next summer
        