
          want to shew [show] you a letter from
 Dr. Chapman [Alvan Wentworth Chapman], wherein he speaks
 of the new shrub. If you should
 be in the City, on Wed'y [Wednesday] Evening
 & have nothing more agreeable in
 view, let me see you at my
 Chambers, as I want to ask
 your opinion about a very
 rough bundle of Epiphytes
 which I have received-- partly
 Orchid'e [Orchidaceae] & partly Bromel'ae [Bromeliaceae].
 I [crossed out: illegible] on Sat'y [Saturday] rec'd [received] by mail the
 2 first sheets of our friend Gray's 
 new "Bot. Nor. U.S." with which
 I am much pleased. No doubt
 you have rec'd. [received] them also, & surely
 we must needs have "a talk" over
 so eventful a matter. My best
 respects to Mrs. T. & the young ladies


 & believe me, with much regard,
 Yrs. sincerely,
 Jno [John] Carey


 Dr. Torrey
        