
          Philadelphia Jan 20th 1840.


 And[Answered] July 9 at Princeton


 Dr John Torrey


 I have just heard that a letter addressed to you about three
 weeks ago through a friend of mine, had been lost on the 
 way with his bagage [baggage]. As it rekated to the queer saxifraga, I will
 try to remember what I said about it.


 According to your desires, I called at the Philosophical
 Society and sought in Bartan's herbarium for the saxifragas.
 I found only three specimens; S. sencanthemifolia, L. pennsylvanica
 and the same lable [label] with the addition of indistiute?? in Parsh's hand
 writing " between sweet springs and [mica?] town in a [run?] along 
 the road " This I took for his erosa and the shape of the dentations
 characterized the signification of erosas (known by caterpillars) The
 plant of Parsh is not unlike our specimen; but its dentations are 
 not to deep and I could not see the ciliate border which is so
 appearant [apparent] in our plant. The specimen of P. [Parsh] is imperfact ; it has
 only 2 leaves about 8 inches by nearly 2. I will try to give
 you the figure of it in the next page. I could not compare
 the stem and flowers as my specimen had only radical leaves.


 I have not received any more money for you work. Mc[?]
 The Alan home, our friends of Bethlehem are still in [arrean?]. The whole
 will come when the 30 number is delivered. We all expect is

        