
          are also presented
here. Our Garden however
does not yet possess,
what I understand you
have living, that 2d. species
of Torreya. It is
certainly hard to form
a character by which at
once to distinguish it
from the U. St. [United States] species, 
yet it surely must be
different. The figure
I send you is taken from
a specimen of the ordinary
size, & fruit & every
part are all large in proportion.
It is a very 
fine thing. California
will yield lots of fine things
        