
          Marietta, Sept. [September] 4, 1855


 Dr. [Doctor] Torrey


 Dear Sir


 Your kind favor
 of the 13th [?] came duly to hand.
 And a few days after, the package
 of Botanical Memoirs arrived, all
 safe. I feel under many obligations
 to you for your kindness; + [and] shall be
 happy to reciprocate in any way
 that I am able.


 I confess to a little surprise, that you
 regarded the different specimens
 I sent you as belonging to the same 
 species. In the only locality where
 I found the plants (about 25 miles
 north of  San Francisco, on the coast)
 these was so uniform + [and] marked a 

        