
          not remember to have seen any representation
 wh. seemed to do any justice to the
 grace, colonizing, and whole appearance of this 
 elegant vegetable production.  


 Natural History wh. I so much delight in, 
 has the past few months been so excluded 
 from my thoughts, that I hardly presume 
 to take her name upon my lips. I still 
 hope better things of the future. 


 After such an acknowledgement of 
 defection from the court of Natural science, 
 I must not expect favor from one of 
 her faithful devotees so that 
 I am constrained to make my 
 communication brief or digress to 
 very foreign topics. 


 Respectfully -- sir, 
 D.L. Dix.
        