COLLEGE APPOINTMENT. 1GL 



I should have thought it would have been easy to have got a 

 garden at least as large as that at the Square ; and for my own 

 enjoyment I think a small garden infinitely to be preferred to a 

 large one. A small suburban garden, full of varieties and botanical 

 oddities, like Dr. Neill's, at Edinburgh, is the one which (unless 

 I had a large fortune) I should expect most pleasure from, and 

 such I trust you have got. 



In the spring of 1849 Dr. Harvey received an invitation to 

 deliver a course of lectures at the Lowell Institute of Cambridge 

 (Boston). The opportunity thus afforded of visiting North 

 America, and of being introduced to many of the eminent 

 scientific and literary men of that country, was gladly embraced, 

 and the prospect extended to a botanical exploration of various 

 parts of the coast. Added to this was the pleasure of becoming 

 personally acquainted with the widow and daughters of his 

 brother Jacob, whose death had taken place in the preceding 

 year. He had married a daughter of the late Dr. Hosack, of 

 Hyde Park, on the Hudson, and had acquired a distinguished 

 place among the merchants of New York. As a citizen he 

 took an active and intelligent interest in public affairs, and 

 especially in the international questions frequently in agitation 

 between England and America ; his great and constant desire 

 being to prevent any collision between the two countries. His 

 joyous humour, warmth, and kindness of heart, and his refined 

 hospitality, endeared hini to a wide circle of friends. He was 

 ever ready to exercise his services on behalf of his poor 

 emigrant countrymen. The respect and esteem with which 

 Mr. Jacob Harvey had been regarded paved the way for a 

 warm and friendly reception of his brother in many circles 

 throughout the Union. 



The course of lectures delivered by Dr. Harvey comprehended 

 the subjects proposed in the following letters to Dr. Asa Gray, 

 of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



Trinity College, Dublin, April 11, 1849. 



My dear Friend, 



I have to thank you for your very kind lettter and the 

 warmly hospitable invitation which it contained to your house, 

 during my stay at Boston. It will give me very great pleasure 



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