
          Atate Agl. [Agricultural] College 
Lansing, Mich. June 16/60.

Dear Doct. Torrey

A day or two after I wrote 
you I rec'd [received] your welcome letter. 
I hoped to be able to give you an 
account of the Ex. Ex. [Exploring Expedition] grasses soon 
after I came here, but the promised 
cases are not made & my herbarium 
is about useless. I have extemporized 
some shelves for the most needed 
things & have given every moment I 
could spare during the present week 
to them. Please send me the form in 
which the other material is drawn up 
& let me know how extended the synonymy 
is to be. Before the matter is printed I 
shall wish you to go over some of the 
species but will wait till you can do 
a number at a job. If you knew 
the disadvantages under which I work 
you would not think me neglectful 
of your wishes. If I try to do anything 
in the evening, it takes me half my time 
to kill mosquitoes. You cannot go a 
half mile in any direction without coming 
to an impenetrable swamp where the 
stagnant water breeds these varmints with 
most carnivorous propensities. They are 
everywhere like the frogs of Egypt. Today 
(Saturday) I thought I would have a whole 
day to myself but running after sick boys 
has very much broken it up. This is 
        