BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 571 
SCHIMPER’S Mosses. 
European and other Mosses on Sale by M. W. P. Schimper, 
Strasbourg. 
In order to defray a portion of the heavy expenses incurred 
by the publication of the Bryologia Europea, M. Schimper 
will immediately prepare for sale a certain number of sets, 
containing the normal forms of nearly all the European 
Mosses, each species to be represented by perfect and mul- 
tiple specimens, arranged like those of Drummond's Ame- 
rican Mosses. "The price of each set will be £8 sterling. 
Two peculiarly rich sets, corresponding exactly with the 
Herbarium of the University af Strasbourg, containing all 
the different forms and varieties of European Mosses, 
gathered in numerous localities, together with more than 
two hundred exotic species, of which one hundred are new, 
or, at least, undescribed, may also be had for £15 each. 
Persons desirous of purchasing are requested to apply direct 
by letter to M. Schimper, stating the mode in which their 
respective orders are to be transmitted. 
Intelligence from Mr. Bnipors in BOLIVIA. 
Cochabamba, April 3rd. 1845, 
* Sir William, 
* Since my arrival in Bolivia, now six months. ago, 1 
have not had the pleasure of receiving a letter from you. 
Previous to my departure from Valparaiso, I wrote to you 
after I had the honour to receive the letter which your kind- 
ness and influence obtained for me from his Lordship, the 
Earl of Aberdeen, destined for H.B.M. Consul in Bolivia, 
Charles Masterton, Esq. On reaching Chuquisaca, the 
capital of Bolivia, I immediately presented his Lordship's 
letter, and I am happy to inform you that Mr. Mas- 
terton gave me a most cordial and es reception, and 
