
          Kew, Aug. 26, 1844.

My dear Dr. Torrey,

This is merely
to make known to
you Mr. Alexander
Gordon our excellent
Botanical Collector
who has brought
some capital plants
from the Rocky
Mountains & will
probably bring many
more. I should be
sorry he should
pass through New
York & not see you.

Mr. Greene left
me for Boston to
        