
          Rochester. Sep. 15. 1854.

Prof. Torrey

Dear Sir,

It is two months
since you answered my inquiries
& obliged me much. It is time,
for my expression of gratitude for
your kind attention to my wishes.
I did expect to make use of the
information you gave me, but circumstances
prevented; & soon, I recd.
the Linnaea from Germany &
had some interest in its details
on Carices.

I was glad of the whole names
of Seiber, tho' I thought I got it so
from you at your house.

Tho' Fries questions p. 72, as you
say, whether C. Persoonii Sieb. is not
his C. vitilis, yet on p. 224, [?] Veg.
he declares expressly it is not. Yet
in the Linneae, on Carices, p. 538,
Lang shows conclusively, they
        