
          Royal Gardens, Kew.
Septr. [September] 18, 1846.

My dear friend

This I trust & some
books for you, Asa Gray
&c, will be given into your
hands by my daughter,
Maria (Mrs. McGilvray)
who accompanies her
husband, a Minister of
the Free Kirk of Scotland
on a religious
mission into Canada.
You will I am sure
kindly notice them
during the short stay
they will make at
New York, or if you
are absent your
brother will.

Our family is much
reduced since you were

        