
          New Haven, Dec. [December] 17 1857


 Dear Dr. Torrey


 I return your four
 volumes of Linnaea with many thanks
 for the use of them, and send the
 results of my studying over Wright's
 Cuban Ferns. I have 160 nos of them, and
 have ventured to recognize 101. to
 guess at 12, and have left undetermined
 47. Some of these will be new nos 774 &
 775 may be transposed in my set


 I will send my list to Hooker
 for corrections and addditions. Mrs Holton's
 ferms I should like to keep a little
 lober if you can spare them.

        