
          it neck & heels. Before getting off my stool as you may
 perhaps never suffer me to mount it again. I will
 suggest that where a name, given even by Linne, is an outrage
 on public decency it should be charged at once. It is
 no use to say Clitoria is derived "from an anatomical term"
 & leave the matter there Curiosity is whetted. the mystery solved
 information diffused _ imagination excited & youth of both
 sexes corrupted _ ^ [inserted: but] the laws of nomenclature [inserted; are] observed -
 Paderota & Phallus are two other stains on the character
 of the father of Botany which filial respect should efface
 even from new editions of his Genera plantarum.


 I shall make my colenlations for Oyster Bay on [crossed out: Wednesday]
 [inserted: Tuesday] week. If you do not hear from the [plant?] I think I may
 go even if you do not send me. The trip will not cost over
 a dollar _ so please let me have directions where to look
 (on grass or in woods etc.) & a letter to Dr De Kay whom I would
 be glad to see before my return from his vicinity. The boats
 favor me & give me an entire day, an evening, & a morning


 I expect to spend this week Wednesday night at Jamaica.
 Tueday. I did not get this off yesterday as I hoped. It is surprising
 how little I do in a day & how tired I am in the morning.
 I got a letter froom Dr Mead yesterday. Shall answer it as soon
 as I can enclose your report on those plants for which he has
 waited nearly two years.


 I have not seen Jane yet & only barely seen Eliza.
 If you meet another notice of the Am Ed. of [Lindley?] will you be 
 kind enough to send it to me? I fear this will come too
 late for your return of proof.
 Ammonium ranges irself with Potassium & [Cyanogen?] with
 Chlorine _ how many more radicals can be classed


 Yours truly  I. F. Holton

        