
          Princeton 4 June 1855


 Dear Doctor


 You have had a long
 respite from my pen as I
 have been able to construct
 such things as I needed for
 my lectures & further I have
 been expecting to see you every
 day here. I am in full blast
 with my botany into which
 more than half the class enter
 with considerable interest
 but a large [?] [by rote?]
 it quite a bore. I have now
 heaped up on my table 35
 written analyses of 20 different
 flowers. A volunteer class
 are to meet three mornings a
 week to dissect plants before
 breakfast I believe more than
        