
          Fort King Flo [Florida] Nov 13th 1834.

 Rec'd. Dec'r. [December] 10th
 Ans'd. [Answered] Jan'y. [January] 15th

 To J Torrey M.D.

 Dear Sir.

 I have learned
 through my friend Lieut. Alden that
 you would be glad to receive the
 plants of Florida. During the leisure
 of this season I have collected two or
 three [Linaria?] with their duplicates,
 which this day I forward by the Govt [Government] Boat
 to Palatka on the St Johns River, directed
 to Dr J. Torrey care of Edward Jenkins
 No 28 South Street N. York.

 From the 1st of April to the last of 
 August the drought was so severe that plants
 in this immediate vicinity were comparatively
 scarce.

 The want of proper paper has likewise
        