
          Rec'd Augt 20th

Newburgh 16th Aug 1841

My dear Sir

I am very greatly abliged to
Dr. Grey and yourself for the roots from North
Carolina which we have placed in such a situation
as we think will enable us to afford your flowers
another season your herbaria.

A friend of mine now at Newburgh, Major [W.G.] Belknap
who commands in Florida, thinks he can procure me a
parcel of seeds and plants of the Torreya and as he
has the greatest possible facilities for the purpose I
have strong hopes of getting a supply. Has Mr. Carey
tested their [?] in our climate? This is an
important question. And I am strongly inclined to
think it will prove a hardy [hearty] tree here.

I supposed you were at Princeton yet as
I have enquired of Mr. [Mily?] whenever in town
without hearing of you. I return with this - The
Botanical Journals which you were so kind as to 
loan me & which should have been sent sooner
had I known of your family family [stay?] at home.

I am sorry to say that my Gymnocladus
has not afforded me any specimens this year.
Nor has the [Verplanck?] tree, a much larger one, borne any.
        