
          advice may be in time in that
 case. Every view I can take of it however
 leads me to think I ought to
 seize on the opportuhjity should it
 offer.


 At Madame C's I really believe
 I have secured the good will of both
 my classes. This is a god deal if I have
 really done it. The Botany class took an
 excursion with me to Fort Lee on Sat.
 last. We were all highly delighted
 I with their conduct _ they with
 their trip. We all carried our [crossed out: botanic]
 Manuals with us, & we used
 them the more as it was very hot.
 We found but very few flowers however.
 I saved nothing but Hamamelis.


 I shall be [?] its lonely when H.
 is gone. I hope he will enjoy himself
 I know he well.


 Should my article pay I can
 spare a few more dollars on my
 herbarium which will tell to
 great effect in the arrangement
 of my duplicates. I am creeping
 over my herbarium having
 just passed Rynchospora on
        