
          he came unto this neighborhood.

I shall be very glad to have a perfect copy of Dr. [Hardy Bryan] Croom's
paper when you can conveniently send it to me as well as your
interesting account of new plans, which paper your promise me in
your last note. Can you inform me who is the author of
the papers on "American (Mexican) Antiquities" published lately
int he Knockerbocker magazine. I suppose they emanate
from your Lyceum of Nat. Hist.

Does the Horticulture Society get up nothing not even a dahlia
show this season? Or do you consider the whole affair as laid
upon the shelf til a more [proprietary?] age come round?
I am very glad to hear that Dr. Gray's prospect of [?]
are much increased. By the way you may tell the Dr. that
I am greatly obliged to him for his timelyy and very protracted
call here when he visited Newburgh. Five o'clock a.m. is rather
too early to call allowing for the presumption that folks in
the country do rise early. However I hope to se the Dr. again before 
he sails. I presume you recd the basket of pericarp etc which
I sent to your house the day I called. Please write if you do not
come up and let me know what you are doing.

Very sincerely yours
A.J. Downing
        