
          Easton, Pa.,
Jan. 6, 1870

Dr. John Torrey,
Dear Sir,
Knowing how valuable your time is 
& how much botanical work you have in hand,
I am sorry to trouble you, but our friend, Miss
Davis, is anxious to have a report on her
California plants, in order to be able to
distribute her duplicates. If you can, at
an early day, look over the bundle, correct
errors, & name what can be named with
[case?] to yourself, & return it to me by [Eschren?],
I shall be greatly obliged.

By [Eschren?] to-day I send you a small parcel
which amy contain a few things to interest you.
Among them are, I think, 3 new species from
Penn., upon which I would like to have your 
opinion.

Prunus alleghaniensis, sp. nov. This was supposed
by Dr. [?], some years ago, to be Prunus spinosa, but 
it is destitute of thorns & has smooth leaves, longer
pedicels which are often in umbels of 2-5, & an
obconical calyx with shorter & narrower lobes.
It hails from one ofthe wildest regions in the 
        