
          17 Brown Sr.
Providence Feb. 15, 1871

My dear Doct [Doctor] Torrey

How glad I was to get a letter
from you again. It made a sunny day within
though the snow outside gave a winterish look.
I thought I should have one : its predecessor being
eleven months old, lacking a day only.
The package of Carices came Monday A.M.;
yesterday I examined its contents and to day
return such as you ask me to return.

Where is Chilwegick Lake [Chilliwack?] & Skagit R. [River].
Neither of them are in Mitchells Maps [Lefit?]
Gaz. More collections are there.

Dr. E Palmer Fort Cobb I don;t remember of
seeing C. stenolepis [Carex stenolepis] in the Pac. [Pacific] slope before making
the remark without refering to [Book]? or [Mem.]
however.

Bolander A am not ready to name yet.
Perhaps I err in naming LeRoys [Batteman]
plant C. Smithii [Carex smithii] [Porter?]

Dr. JM Bigelow Whipple Rail R.S. [Railroad Survey] seems to
be add, to those of 4 Vol. Pac. R R [Pacific Railroad] Survey some
of them are [rather?] [?]

Sub Arctic Am. are interesting, you will find
more species than you probably thought were

[left margin]
The Norwegian plants [Bavech?] were not marked to return.
        