
          reserve a nook for your use
which you will we trust
be safe from the hoards of
hungry office seekers expected
from the North and the beligerent
fire eaters from the South.

With kind regards to Herbert
and the girls

I remain as ever
Truly your friend
Joseph Henry

Dr John Torrey
NewYork

P.S. I shall direct that all
the plants now in the Institution
be sent to you. J.H.
        