
          all wd. [would] he have put an intended slight
upon yout previous doings, & I feel that 
I need not say that I would never have
sanctioned it. As to your Scirpus muconatus [i.e. Scirpus mucronatus? now Schoenoplectus mucronatus],
you will remember that when
I first got it from O. [Olney] I enquired of you
how you identified it with the pl. of L. [plant of Linnaeus?] as it
did not seem to me to accord with his char. [characters]
When I saw in [Asa] Gray's herb. [herbarium] what I think
exactly does, my opinion was strengthened
& Olney [Stephen Thayer Olney] was much pleased with an opportunity
of testifying his respect for you
by giving yout name to his plant.
It is only on his account that I have
given these long explanations that he
may not suffer in your estimation
for as to myself I venture to hope that we
are friends of too old & certain standing
to render any necessary, & that you
know and feel with how true a regard
I am your's 
JC. [John Carey]

Dr. Torrey

My stay has been so prolonged here
that I hardly know whether I dare hope
to make my visit to you--
        