
          San Francisco Cal. [California]
 Recd. [Received] Jany [January] 18th/64 Dec. 14th 1863


 Dr. John Torrey


 Dear Sir


 I enclose 
 some seeds of the 
 Darlingtonia California tree


 Last month I found 
 a locality where the 
 plant is very aboundant.
 It is on the north side 
 of the Siskiyou Mts. 
 in the extreme northern 
 part of California and 
 southern part of 
 Oregon. It grows by 
 small streams of running 
 water on a soil derived
        