
          Some 3 weeks ago, not knowing
 that your lectures had closed, I 
 called in Crosby St. in the hope
 of introducing you, personally, to
 my daughter, as a friend whom she
 already knows that I highly prize;
 but, you had concluded your lectures,
 I found, & I was therefore disappointed.
 I left, on that occasion, 2 or 3 spec'ns [specimens]
 for you, of things which we had looked
 at, together, & also your copy of
 Moq. Tand. [Moquin-Tandon's] Chenopod. [probably Moquin-Tandon's Chenopodearum Monographica Enumeratio] for the loan
 of which, accept my best thanks.


 I hope you will take an early
 oppor'y [opportunity] of calling at 21 St. (the second
 block west of the 5 Ave. on the N. side
 of the St.). If my daughter is not
 down stairs, John will be pleased
 to welcome you, & I shall be
 much rejoiced to do so--as I hope
 you will know and believe.
        