
          Botanic Garden & Nurseries
Newburgh 17 July 1839

My dear Sir

I received with great pleasure 
the letter from Col. [Porter?] & his work by
the last mail box for which accept my
sincere thanks. I have not the least doubt
of the truth of his observation respecting the
use of [added: our] hydraulic cements for brick stucco.

In todays box (about last wednesday) I send
a branch of the pear tree as attacked by
that most destructive & fatal disease the
fire blight - instantaneous in its operation &
which has so long baffled all horticultural
skill. I believe it to be the [added: effect of the] attack of some
minute insect and beg you will carefully
examine the branch in every part with the microscope
to see if it can be detected. A knowledge of
the cause & a remedy for the evil would be
of vast benefit to all cultivators.

I have told the carrier of the box where to leave
it in the village near the boat so that I can
receive it without trouble.

I have never heard of the cabbage for oil
but am very glad to get seeds which I will
        