
          Rochester Nov. 22, 1845

Prof. Torrey,

Dear Sir,

I return with many thanbks
your Carices, many thanks, very many.
I am glad to have seen them. As accidents
you say, happen to your Herb.,  I have made
another, & taken a specimen of C. lagopina from
the dozen from the [Alps?] I have done as I
would be done by in such a case.

I have put in some fine ones of C. Wiidii,
from Dexter, Jeff. Co, collected by Dr. Wood.

It is C. titanica Muh., but not of Schk,
& must have a name. You see that Muh.
doubted whether it would be the plant of
Schk., as it plainly is not.

I rcvd. from Dr. Wood some C. oligocarpa
Schk., the [first?] I ever saw, & did not know
it was seen before at the north, & rejoiced
over it. Now, I see on examination, that the
plant from Dr. Sartwell, which he called
a var. of C, Hitchcockiana, & which I do
not suppose he has ever called C. oligocarpa,
& which was named C. Sartwellianna, is a
clear variety of the true C. oligocarpa. After
the old & early called oligocarpa was given
up, I had not one of the name till I found
        