14 Nov 1864 [2] (seq. 780)

I should be right glad to get those
Mandrin Plants on whatever terms
you are willing to part with them
& will pay at once.

That specimen of Naias {Najas} is jolly —
& I thank you for it. I shall
take it home & compare it with European
{specimens} this eve.

Are not the results of our late election
most glorious? I do hope that
the poor rebs. will cave in soon.

Maggie came home yesterday
after an absence on the Palisades
of six weeks or more. She is
much improved in health.
Eliza will come down in a few
days & then we shall be all
together once more.

I am sorry that your good Jane
did not improve faster. Give her
my love, & remember me most

kindly to Wright — whom I greatly
desire to see. I keep his photo-
graph in a conspicuous place — so
that I am constantly reminded of
him — to say nothing of the hundred
things that bring him before me while
engaged in my botanical studies.

Don't forget to present my kind
regards to Mrs. James. I shall
not soon forget the pleasant days
we spent at her home.

Faithfully yours,
John Torrey