
          New Haven, Jan. [January] 7 1859


 Dear Dr. Torrey,


 I shall be 
 glad to see Mr. Schotts
 set of the atrat Ferns, for
 many of yours are not
 in fruit, and many are 
 fragments too small to be
 identified. I like to
 study ferns, but I like
 goof materials. I suppose
 that Dr. Gray will send
 you the Quito things soon.
        