
          of garden, requiring not only constant 
personal supervision but much study & 
thought. Rather a new position for me 
to be placed in, but despite the long 
drought the garden has been a success. 
I work about 20 boys, have their work 
to lay out & their time to keep account 
of & all sorts of loose ends to gather up. 
As if this were not enough for one person, 
[crossed out: as the] [added: a] change in the course throws botany 
out for this year & I have two classes in 
subjects which I care but little about, 
Natural Philosophy & Mineralogy. Each 
of these require study & preparation of illustrations. 
I take them up at night & often 
fall asleep with my book in my hand. 
Things monetary went along smoothly 
in the early part of the season, but now, 
that so much is required for the war, 
all in that quarter is uncertainty. We 
are told that we must wait. Before I 
ascertained this state of things I was applied 
to by the College of Pharmacy to 
lecture this winter. I told them that I 
would give them two & a half months 
out of my three months vacation. 
They concluded to engage someone 
who would give them the full course 
of four months. So I am thrown 
        