
          Recd. [Received] Apr. 23
Royal Gardens Kew.
April 8th 1853

My very dear friend Dr. Torrey

I have this moment recieved [received]
your most welcome packet
of seeds & your kind note,
forwarded from London
by the Revd. Wm. Abbot, with 
a note from him giving
me the welcome intelligence
that he is coming out to Kew
in a few days. On my table
is lying a "Daily Packet List," so
I turn to it & find that this is
New York Packet [insert: day!] & I most
gladly put aside all employments
that I may write
to you a line of acknowledgement
not only for what you
send, but for your continued
friendly & affectionate remembrance

[in margin]
Your friend Dr. [Thomas] Brown of Glasgow is just dead. He
was very wealthy & long given up his profession &
retired to a large
property in
Ayrshire
NB.
        