
          Phil. [Philadelphia] Dec [December] 27th 1860


 Prof. [Professor] John Torrey


 New York.,


 My dear sir,


 I send you a copy of Mr Buckley's paper:
 It was too late when I received your advice to
 postpone its publication and, besides, Buckley
 had requested me to have it published as soon
 as possible, in fear of being anticipated by 
 others. He had also mentioned to me that he
 had consulted all the American publications,
 including your Mexican Boundary,
 and he was sure that his new species were 
 not there. I had, of course, every reason to
 believe that he had made no mistake. B.'s [Buckley]
 speciality is the study of trees and this study has
 been the object of his present exploration; his view
 is to get a good knowledge of them and ascertain
 their geographical range. However, he had over
 looked an isolated article of Maj. [Major] Leconte, in the
        