
          insects & plants for the Troy Lyceum. He afterwards visits
 the sea coast from Toms River to Barnegat. - On
 his return I saw his collection and judge from
 the few plants he brought that there ar still
 many plants to be picked up along the coast which
 are not in my possession - We are contemplating 
 a trip to the Beach & Salt Marshes next week -


 Dr. S. B. Mead of Augusta has favoured me with
 a small parcel of dried plants which are very
 well preserved and he has promised me more.
 They are decidedly better than those I obtained
 from Buckley. - I. A. Lapham has notified me
 that there is a parcel on the way for me &
 your brother says there are two or three on the
 vessel hourly expected in port, one of them probably
 from George Vasey who has notified me that
 there are some plants on the way for yourself. -


 Vasey is a persevering, straight forward student
 and an excellent young man. It may be well to
 encourage him as much as possible so as to make
 him a collector for future labours, since he
 is expected sooner or later to join his friends, who
 have removed somewhere in the interior of Illinois,
 where he will probably settle as a physician. -
        