
          Recd. [Received] March 21st And. [Answered] July 23d.


 Macon Geo. March 10th 1836


 doct. Torrey,


 Dear sir,


 I have this day shipped boxes of very poor
 dried specimens for you (via Darien, which are thence
 to be forwarded to [crossed out: the [illegible] of Wat[illegible] & [illegible] N.Y.] [added: New York, & have requested the Shipper]
 in Darien to advise you of their shipment promptly.


 I am ashamed to offer any thing which evinces such
 utter neglect & carelessness in preserving, as these do;
 but presuming you may find something among them
 not altogether useless, I am induced to forward them.


 I have labelled but very few of them; for they
 are in so mutilated a state; that I do not recognise some
 of them, myself, which I have known; and others, I
 never had time to ascertain the names of while fresh.


 I forward a manuscript catalogue also of all the
 plants which I recognised last year in this neighborhood;
 among which you will recognise several
 specimens in the box. I send also at the top of
 mine, some better specimens, collected by Mr. James
 Green, of this place; a promising young man, who
 presents them to you, with a hope that you will
 find them acceptable; He desires me to request you
 to have a copy of Dr. gray's Gramina & Cyperacae
 forwarded for him (to me if you please) care of Mr.
 Henry Yonge, Darien, or have it left with Mess. J.D.
 W. Penfold to be forwarded with Medicines &c for me.

        