
          I wish you would tell me, as near as you know or can immediately guess
the price of Nee's Ast. Lind. Orch. Beuth Lab Ait. Hort. Kew 1st Ed.[Edition]
Also - what is the price of Hook, Flora [added: Land] N.S not including [Curtis?].
I bought a fine copy of Curtis for $50 in Boston & should like
Hooker very much, but suppose it is too dear. Are any copies of
Drummond [Added: incl.] Mosses or American Plants to be had? If you have yet
[Crossed out: Dr. Baldwin's collections on hand for sale, and the specimens are tolerable, if you
[Crossed out: will send it [Added: or such a selection as you please] on to me, I will select such as I want, which would probably]
[Crossed out: be half the species, & send back the remainder.]

I hope Dr. Gray will continue his Gram Et [?] as soon as possible.
I should be glad to supply him, if he will let me know
the number wanted, with our species of Essex Co.{County] such as Hord jub.
Briza. media, Poa maritina, Carex Davall, praecox, Agrostis canina, &c.[etc.]
I hope to have the pleasure of visiting you in the course of the present year.

I believe you have never been in Boston you ought to come & come to Ipswich
& see me. I have sent [Added: to day] the box of specimens [Added: to Boston to go] by the next packet to N. York.

Yours truly,
Wm.[William] Oakes

To: Dr. John Torrey M.D.
30 McDougal St.
New York
N.Y.
        