
          Recd. [Received] Oct 30

Penn Yan Oct. 18th 1837

Doct. Torrey

Dear Sir, Although I did not exactly 
promise to collect any plants, I have 
in the course of the season picked up a few.
The state of my health is such that I have 
but little opportunity to travel about the 
country, especially any distance from my 
residence. I have collected a few plants that
grow in my immediate neighborhood, hoping 
they may help to fill up some vacant spots
in the Botany of the State. Some I think
are interesting, & somewhat rare. I was not
aware that Actinomeris, & Liatris scarrosa
were natives of this state till very lately. The
first I found on the banks of our Crooked
Lake, the last along Genesee River. The beautiful
little Primula I send, I think is the 
mistasinica [Primula mistassinica], but perhaps you may call it a
variety of farinosa. I suppose both are rare.
        