
          And
Dec. 6th

Smithsonian Institution
Nov. 8th 1859

My Dear Dr

Mr Brown , late of the Patent
Office leaves Washington for NY
tomorrow. He is preparing a paper
or table on the trees and shrubs
of the U. S. for the next Report
of the Patent-office and wishes 
to confer with you on the subject

The present commissioner
of Patents has concluded not to
recommend to congress a farther 
appropriation for agricultural
operations and therefore the system
of distribution of seeds and the
publication of Reports will
probably cease with the
present year.

The country will probably
demand that something should
        