
          Ansd. [Answered] Sept. 23rd

Penn Yan Sept. 13th 1839

Doct. Torrey

Dr. [Dear] Sir

For some time after you left this place 
I looked for a letter from you, but as yet 
have found none. I was desirous of knowing 
whether you found anything new in the 
southern tier of counties, &c. I have done but 
little in the botanical way since you left 
here. I have a few things put up for you 
which you shall receive in due time. I regret 
very much that I was not able to send for a 
microscope when you was here, & if Dr. Gray 
brings any spare ones, I should be very much 
obliged by obtaining one when I go to the 
city this fall, which will be the latter part of 
October. You probably recollect that I had 
a few Southern plants in my garden that were 
not yet in blossom. Some of them have since 
bloomed, one is Hibiscus manihot & two species of 
Verbena, one with red flowers & one with white, with 
the least imaginable pink tint you can conceive. 
Neither of the Verbena is described in Eaton, & 
I( have no other work that contains Southern plants. 
Possibly they may be new, as the Red river country 
has not been thoroughly explored. I have some 
four or five more Southern plants, but I fear they will 
never blossom in this climate. One looks like a Dalea, 
one like a Hibiscus or Malva, & one is a Baptisia, which 
I will try to preserve through the winter. One 
        