
          He is in a much poorer region
 than he was. [crossed out: Willis] [inserted: Leroy] & I
 resolved to help him fill
 the lacunae in his 25 setts
 of Gramina & Cyp. hoping that
 he might next year get them
 ready to sell. He has been
 throwing away his time on
 an immense hen establishment
 which would have
 succeeded if the hens had
 laid enough.


 We brought off a
 good supply of Scirpus Olneyi [olneyi]
 of "Black grass" and a Colystegia that we could not make
 out.


 I found waiting for me
 a letter from home. My Uncle
 who was a father to me in
 boyhood is very sick & cannot
 live the summer out. My
 Father too is very old & I
 fear may not live another
        