
          put up a fine portrait of Fremont 
which I have had for a long time 
in my drawers. I dont know yet 
whether to put it back or not. I 
can't help believing that he will come 
out all right yet. Engelmann about 
two months ago wrote me a most gloomy 
account of affairs in St. Louis. He seemed 
to think that the military politicians 
were quite as bad as the secessionists. 
He says, like yourself, that study is all 
out of the question. Besides cultivating 
"garden sass" to a large extent I have 
done a good deal in floriculture. 
Once in a while someone comes along 
who appreciate such things. I was 
quite delighted, before I knew who 
they were, by a visit from Gov. & Mrs. 
Seymour of New York, both of whom 
seemed to know a deal about flowers & 
botany. I regretted that I did not 
know who they were until they had 
gone. Such people take me back 
into the world once more. The plants 
I put out this spring did very poorly 
on account of the severe dry weather 
which followed the planting. A 
little Torreya which Hogg gave me 
survived. Like its namesake it likes 
hot weather. I hope I shall make
        