
          Penn Yan Oct 25 " 1838

Doct Torrey

Dr [Dear] Sir, I send along a small package 
containing some good things & some not very 
good. You will find a number with a query
which I wish you to answer & when you
look over the plants, & let me know the 
result. You will find the Sarracenia 
heterophylla & I hope will call it a good 
species. I send some Chenopodiums for names.
I have quite a number of Solidagos, Asters,  
Helianthuses &c. which I have not time to 
look up, but will send you, ere long a 
packet of numbered duplicates, & wish 
you to name them when you study the 
Compositae for your flora. I send 
you what I call Bidens petiolata. Please
determine whether I am right. I also send
some Lathyrus & Vicia for correction.

Is No. 2 of the Flora out? Has Dr. Gray gone
to Europe? I have not heard from Buckley
since I saw you. Hope he has sent me
a package through your hands. You had better 
write to Buckley at Tuscumbia, Alabama if 
not already done.

N.B. Have you any spare duplicates of southern or 
northern Carices? Write as soon as you 
look over my pacage [package].

Respectfully yours,
H.P. Sartwell
        