
          Recd. [Recieved] May 22
Ansd. [Answered] May 29th

New Bern May 18th 1836

My dear Sir,

I have just recieved your favour
of the 12th [Instant?] and I hasten to reply, chiefly
for the purpose of enclosing the plant which you
desire, and which I would have done before
had it occurred to me.

I had made up my mind before I recieved 
your letter that the Taxoid tree at Aspalaga, 
(which bears the large fruit forwarded to you
in alcohol) is a new genus. If there is 
not already an established genus of that
name, with which you are satisfied, I wish
I could be allowed to call this fine tree
Torreya. I found it [added: the other day] at the junction of the rivers, 
(Flint and Chattohoochie [Chattahoochee]) and I now define its habitat 
thus: On the calcareous knolls which skirt,
for some miles from the junction of Flint, the
Eastern border of the Apalachicola River.

It is a tree 20-35 feet high, with a trunk of 6-12
inches in diameter. It is so abundant about Aspalaga
(especially on Flat Creek) as to have been sawed into
plank and lumber. It is an elegant tree with dark
green foliage.

The other [crossed out: tree] (which you think is a genuine Taxus)
        