
          It is surprising that our poplars have been & are still so little
known to N. E.[New England] & N. York botanists.

Eleocharis melanocarpa - I pointed out to Tuckerman as E. tuberc.
which it greatly resembles in its immature state & grows in [Crossed out ?] situations
as that species in Essex Co. I only collected a few specimens as [Crossed out: ?]
usual [Added: in that case] & did not examine or laid [Added: it] out until he had sent it to you & got
your determination. I have got abundant specimens for Dr. Gray's 3d. Vol.?
this year. The [Crossed out: point of the] culm bends down, & the [abartin?] spike takes
root & sends up new culms walking off very fast in wet ground.
Which I first observed this year, in consequence of the using of the waters.

[Drawing: sketch of plant described above with culm bending to the ground and rooting, and then repeating]

With the help of Dr. RobbinsI hope to send you [Crossed out: most] [Added: many] of your N. York
State desid. Tuckerman has got plenty of Epilob. alp. which I have not.
Linaria elatine grows in Ipswich, but I fear the drought has burnt it up.
I am very glad Dr. Gray has been to N. Carolina, his health must require it
after such a {Crossed out: ?] [Added: session] upon the Asters. I hope you will not contract your descn.[description] for
the purpose of including the work within the proposed limits. It is of great importance to
have as full a desc. [description] as possible. I got a pill box of fruit of [Eurp.?] Couradi in 1839.
by threshing into a sheet of paper in the field. I ought to have sent it before as I
intended. I have not seen Darby's Southern Botany. I have not sent McH. any thing
for his Sylva. having recd. [received] no letter from him on that subject. Is he yet in Pha[Philadelphia]?
or gone to England. From want of time, I could furnish Tuckerman with but
few plants, but I had showed him gramin, almost all the plants of Plymouth
& carried him to almost all my localities in this county. Have you had any 
letter from him.

Yours truly, WOakes

To Dr. John Torrey
New York
N.Y.
        