
          have [thru?] not [known?] of your valuable
 time to spare, you would do me an
 essential favour, if you would send
 the list to any of our fraternity in
 love with Carices, & I shall be glad
 to make any return in my power.


 A friend promises me to drop this
 in the N. [New] York post office.
 No Botanical news here. We had a paper
 read before the Lin. Socy [Linnean Society] a while ago, making
 it out that the "Apples on the Dead Sea's
 shore" were the large gall of an oak, & I
 think clearly that of Quercus infectoria
 fig [figure] by Olivier. The mustard of Scripture
 too was shewn [shown] to be our common
 & well known Sinapis, of this I am satisfied.
 The wise men have all vanished
 into the Country. Wallich writes me word
 they have found the Tea plant growing wild
 in Upper Assam. God bless you,


 faithfully yrs [yours] F. Boott 


 D Torrey.
        