
          Ansd July 25

Botanic Garden & Nursery
Newburgh June 1836

My dear Sir

You will receive to morrow from me
the two books of Rafinesque's which I should have
returned before except for the loan as you desired of
one of them to Mr. Knevels. In the basket containing 
them you will also find a few specimens of matured
pericarps which I beg you to examine thoroughly.

The seeds which you were so kind as to send me a
week or more ago were rec'd safely toghether with the
Hamburgh Bot. Gar. Catalogue for which please accept
my thanks. The box of Florida plants I have never
seen or heard a word of since at your house. I regret
this very much. The negro never could have put them on
board of [a NB?] boat.

The Cycas which you examine at Mr. K's when you
was here is singularly enough going on towards maturity
as regularly as if the male had bloomed beside 
her. The drupes (?) are now of the size of walnuts and
the globose head of metamorphosed leaves (still retaining
the same brownish hue) is nearly one half larger than 
        