100

whole lot is not much, but
it is important to a man
like me who has no
salary, and who is devoting
his life to a flora of
N. American, which, when
prepared as a [?] labor
of love, does not pay
the [sic.] expense of type &
paper. I pay for
all myself, and as to
the [?] of flora issued
in May 1878, I
have got back only 2/3
of the direct outly to the
printer.

I add that I have
had in mind the [?]
[?] of this flora on this
paper & [?] [?] [?] [?] [again?]
for portability.

Always very truly
James A[?] Gray

[3]

ey 23 Nov. 1881]