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Correspondence from Jacob Bigelow to John Torrey, dated 1820-1824, discussing specimens and publications they sent to one another. The letter dated 1820 touches on a packet of plants to be sent by Torrey to Francis Boott in England, in care of William Hooker. Correspondence is lightly sprinked with bits of gossip regarding various colleagues. Obsolete and unresolved plant names mentioned include Andromeda hypnoides, Arenaria peploides, Erigeron integrifolius, Eriophorum alpinum, Eupatorium ovatum, Holcus monticola, Neottia gracilis, Orchis grandiflora, Pisum maritimum, Poa maritima, Poa geniculata, Prenanthes alba, Rubus sempervirens, Rubus villorus, Scirpus bracteatus, Scirpus obtusus, Solidago cambrica, Spergulastrum lanceolatum, and Xylosteon vollosum.
Correspondence from Christian Jacob Wolle to John Torrey, dated 1838, discussing the prospectus for Torrey's North American flora. Wolle submits two subscriptions-- one for himself and one for his friend Dr. John G. Huebeuer-- and promises to try to recruit more.
Correspondence from Jacob Green to John Torrey, dated 1832, discussing Torrey's upcoming visit to Europe. In responce to Torrey's offer to buy Green "any little philosophical toy" or chemical apparatus he might desire while he's there, Green instructs him to purchase anything "of the sort which you think worth purchasing for your self," up to $50 dollars. He suggests that Torrey become acquainted with John E. Gray of the British Museum while in London.