
          Dr. John Torrey - New York
Philadelphia  2d March 1832

My good friend.  Your letter of the 17th last ws left at my
house by somebody unknown, with your 2 pamphlets or appendix
Mess [messieur] Carvil have not sent me Lindley altho' they owe me money
I fear they are now too much bent on the gold mines of N. Carol. [Carolina]
I am told they are going to be miners, have establ'd a compy [company] etc

My criticisms on Lindley would chiefly be on his not followg [following]
Decandolle's plan of giving the Synonyms of orders & families.
He has perhaps never seen my Analysis of Nature of 1815, but
you had it before your eyes and could find there many of his
late families under as good names given 16 years ago.

As to your Supl' [supplement] I like it well, noting its omissions.  You are
one of those who want to destoy knowledge, at least I fear it,
but hope you will reform, as you have already by leaving the
Sexual syst. [system] for the Nat. families.  My additions of plants
seen, collected & published by me as yet in Herbarium are of 300
at least not in yr [your] Catal. [catalog].  If I was to publish such a list, I ought
if to followe yr [your] example to leave off the G. Parnassia which I have
never met myself in 20 years & 10,000 miles travels, becase I was
not on the spot in the spring, also all the Sp. which I have never
seen.  Since you have left off all my Gentiana, Vitis, Jeffersonia
etc which you have not seen.  Send me a copy of Lindley if
you can or keep one for me when we meet.

I now write you chiefly to entrust a comission to your
friendly care.  You will find on theother side, Receipt by the
Union line of a package for you, in which I have paid the
frieght 50 cents here.  Please to call immediately at the office
and get it.  It is small, you may carry it in your hand.

You will find in it - 3 different things as follows - 
        