
          Providence Novem 19, 1868

My Dear Doctor John Torrey

Thank you for your very
kind letter of 10th instant. It is a matter os
surprise that you find time to do any thing
in Botany. I commend you for drawing [?]
the Smithsonian Institution Coll. [Collection?] You ought not to
have done it without compensation.

You ought too to have a Curater [Curator] for the
College Herbarium.

Your Carices have been of great source to all
and I thank you for the all of them.  I return
the remainder in a Box for Express ( [Pavels?]) as
his [?] is closed. I should advise you [ever?]
then on all (ce nas) arranged not to disturb
them until you get [crossed out: them] [added: ready to] glue them down.
I have full notes on all your plants carried 
into the Section and if when you get them
glued I shall want a sheet or two occasionally
sent me you can do it & return soon.

You will see that then even some I
[created?] when you had two specimens, but 

        