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<dl><dd>John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden</dd>
<dd>Correspondence from Caleb Green to John Torrey, dated March 29, 1853. Letter accompanying "a specimen of a substance which fell with the rain here" in his hometown of Homer, New York. Green described the meteorological conditions that accompanied the storm, and outlines some of the possible identifications: sulphur, pollen, insect larva. He asks Torrey to help him identify the "substance."</dd>
<dd>Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)</dd>
<dd>Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Correspondence; Green, Caleb, 1819-1893; Torrey, John, 1796-1873</div>
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Green, Caleb,1819-1893</div>
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