
          Hudson Jan 22nd 1869


 Prof J Torrey


 My dear Sir


 Will you be kind enough to tell
 me the name of the "Buffalo grass" of the west.
 I have looked over every volume in my library of
 a Botanical character, but cannot find it.


 I believe the Muskit grass of Texas is a
 Bouteloua, but what species?


 Is Cynodon dactylon "Bermuda grass"?


 Is "Gaura grass"  Tripsacum dactyloides?


 Is "Gramma grass" a different thing from Gama grass?


 You will confer a very great favour on me
 if you will answer these questions


 Very truly yours
 John Stanton Gould
        