
                                                           N.Y. 9 Jany. 1826


 Dear Torrey,


                        The[ Schweiztian?] came safe
 to hand and are yet here; having waiting till I could see
 Halsey to hear how they could be safely sent.  He was
 here yesterday and says he will attend to it immediately.
 Halsey has also the letter, and I wished him to write the
 Note, for I do not know exactly what you wish should be
 said.  No. 12 waits till DK's return from Washington - he
 is expected tomorrow.


      Where can I find Dr. Roe and what is the usual fee
 for a visit?  I will have a talk with him.  I have laid
 myself up in earnest, not having walked a single step in
 three weeks.  I am considerably better in the [illegible], and in good
 spirits, and can find abundant occupation for the time
 not spent in laying about.


    I have done nothing in [Arvidea?] this season.  If you have taken
 a little pain you might have got me the fruit of A. [dracont...?]
 I do not wish to publish anything until I have studied all the
 Am. species at least, and as many foreign as I can procur.
 I still want the Caladium [gla...?]  from Georgia.

        