30 Mar [1859] [1] (seq. 420)

New York, March 30th [1859]

Dear Doctor —

We shall be happy in-
deed to see you & Jane next
week. The girls say they will
be ready for you at any time
— so if Wednesday suits you, it
will suit us. Make your arrange-
ments to stay as long as you can
— I mean you yourself — for
there is no telling when we will
let Jane go back. We shall
expect you to dinner at about 5 PM.
To-day I opened a small parcel
that contained a few plants from
Mr. Geo Gibbs — collected at Puget
Sound & was much pleased to find

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Have you received any of Hays
plants? They are at the Smithsonian
& will probably take the usual course.
— We shall see them in time. New-
berry's plants are done & sent to
Washington. There will be no
pictures in the Bot. Report — as the
money is nearly exhausted. As
there were no pines or oaks in the
collection, I suppose that Newberry
will work these up himself.

Yours ever
John Torrey