
          nevertheless I manage to bestow a little attention 
to natural science, in the early part of the season
I sent to Europe (through a book seller of this place)
for some Botanical works in the French & English
languages. The English works (consisting of Animal &
Vegetable Physiology by P. M. Roget, the Plant by
Schleiden. Botany by Lindley. Elements of Botany by the
same author. Also a small work entitled Linnaeus
and Systematic Botany [added: have arrived]. These works please me much,
that of Roget, however, I would prize more had he
been, himself, an observer. I am in daily Expectation of
DeCandolle's, Organographie Vegetale; a similar work by
Jussieu, & several other [inserted: Botanical works] from the Continent. with such
an addition to my library, I shall be highly gratified, as
I obtained but a mere taste from those of your own 
extensive collection of Botanical works. Next I wish
to get Prof Darlington Biographical Sketches of
American Botanists etc. I believe my love for and
attachment to Botany is growing stronger every year.
how I should enjoy an excursion like that
which Mr Lundgren undertook last summer,
under the patronage of Dr Short. It comes to my
mind just here, Doctor, that you mentioned in
one of your letters to me last spring that Dr Short
had been in your city & had offered more money
if it should be needed. I did not understand
whether this was in reference to Mr. Lundgrens
expedition or to the fitting out of another.
        