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                  We arrived at Boston without any accident or alarming adventure at about 6 o'clock P.M. I did not go out the next day as I had a severe headache and it was very warm but father went in search of, & speedily found Charles, & he called twice as the boarding house I believe we conveyed all the messages that were entrusted to us and it is, probably that you have heard from him before now. We departed Saturday morning in the boat about 10 o'clock and arrived at Barnstable about 6 having been obliged to delay a little on account of the fog. It is a very neat boat & with very comfortable accommodations. I was not sick, at all. I had a very pleasant time. Charles is coming down to see us. This summer and I hope he will have so pleasant a voyage that our friends may never again take fright at the idea of crossing our beautiful dark blue seas.
                           We found Susan & Mary very well. Susan is much better than when we left. I managed by dint of never trusting it out of my sight, to get my lily safely home much to their satisfaction & it is doing very well as is also the Burgundy rose & chamomile that they brought home. My garden looks tolerably well. It does not make so much show, as it would if it was in a line like yours. I have hollyhocks, gilliflowers, Coreopsis French & double marigolds, Purple Eyed Orpis, Chrysanthemums, Crimson Nasturtiums, Morning-glories Mignonette, Hibiscus, Larkspur, Four o'clock, Pinks, Petunia , Mourning bride, Candytuft, Sweet Pea, Balsams, Golden Eternal flower, Catchfly, Gilia, Poppies, Bachelors Buttons, & Old Maids Pinks, Star of Bethlehem in full bloom, & I hope to see my dahlias & asters out soon. I did not think it would be so long a list as I mentioned only those in bloom & there are generally two or three different colors if the same flower. Next year I shall try to have a prettier on, but I can't have a very good place. I have for the curious plant, the Ice-plant. It is refreshing to look at it. The leaves are fringed with frozen drops. It is a distant relation of the dew plant but it is much larger & more curious. It has not