
          Recd Nov 11th

Botanic Garden & Nurseries
Newburgh 9th Nov. 1837.

My dear Sir

I take shame to myself that I have
now two unanswered letters from you. Your kindness will
I am sure find an apology for me when I beg leave to
remind you that this is our very busiest season in the nurseries
and that an unusually busy fall has crowded almost every
thing but my constant occupation out of my hands.

I owe you an apology for not returning to your house the evening
on which I had the pleasure of taking tea with you. I found that
I had introduced myself into so pleasant a party in Mercer St. that it
was impossible to leave before I thought you had retired. The next
morning the unexpected arrival of a commission from the Public Library
here to purchase 3 or 400 dollars worth of books for the same unavoidably
occupied the whole of my time so that I had no leisure to see you again
as I [added: had] expected and intended to do.

"The communication from the German [with?] [forcing?] of grasses is quite
new to me and equally [crossed out: new?] [added: curious] indeed. I shall dress it up a little &
send it as you suggest to [added: the] Boston Magazine. In Boston if it is not
already known (which I much doubt) they will pour their zeal 
in [forcing?] soon give it a trial. Some of the Gentemen there
raise tons of the finest grapes under glass, and for the more
        