
          Recd Jany 8/63 [Received January 8, 1863]


 San Francisco Cal. [California] 
 Dec 15th 1862 


 Dr. John Torrey 


 Dear Sir 


 In September last 
 I visited the original locality 
 of your Darlingtonia and secured 
 seeds, fully ripe. I am not aware 
 that this truly rare plant has 
 ever been cultivated I have taken 
 pains to send seeds to a number
 of botanists in the hope that
 some one may raise it, and 
 enclose a few to you. 


 The locality is about 
 30 miles south of Mt [Mount] Shasta, in 
 the valley of the Upper Sacramento, 
 on a hill side with southern 
 exposure, where a small stream 
 of clear pure & cold water comes 
 down the side of the mountain
 making a narrow swamp, but 
 three or four [illegible] wide. [Crossed out: For?] The 
 alt. [altitude] is 2500 feet, snow falls 
 in winter, but the plant has an

        