Watching grass grow

One of the few known things that Henry Carey took interest in was actually Botany. It a bit hard to know just how much it was an interest in him, there at least one description of those plant coming from the furtherst part of the earth (source) apparently even coming from south america (source), though that's far impressive especially if you consider that its a time the frontier is being redefined. He actually had patronized some work on medicinal herb (source). If I dare speculate I have the impression, that with the level of disease he saw on the border, its not really suprising he did so, though it may just be personal interest.