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to the man of Science ; strangers were received with great hospitality ; 

 and no one did more for the promotion of Botany in others than did Mr. 

 Webb, especially by the encouragement he gave to botanical collectors ; 

 and his pecuniary contributions on such occasions were both judicious 

 and liberal. By such means, too, he added immensely to the stores of 

 his own Herbarium, which, there can be no question, was second in 

 France, as a private herbarium, only to that of M. Delessert, while 

 his Botanical Library alone has been on good authority valued at 

 25,000 francs. 



Such incessant labours in the cause of litei'ature and science did not 

 go unacknowledged. It is well known that His Majesty the present 

 Emperor of the French, Louis Napoleon, assigned to him the Legion 

 of Honour; and, as might be expected, the Spanish Sovereign was 

 ready to do still higher honour to the historian of 



" Z'Isoia di Fortuna ora vedete, 

 Di cui gran fama a voi, ma incerta, giunge." 



Her Majesty Queen Isabella II. not only permitted the 'Otia His- 

 panica ' to be dedicated to her, but was pleased to confer upon the 

 author the Cross of the distinguished Order of Charles III., the first 

 Order in Spain, after that given only to Princes of Spanish blood. 



The whole of Mr. Webb's fine botanical collections, including Herba- 

 rium and Library, arc bequeathed to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and 

 will consequently be removed to Plorence. His own remains have 

 been conveyed to England, and deposited at Milford. — JF, J, H, 



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Extract of a Letter from Dr. Haryey, dated Freemantle, West Aus- 

 tralia, May 19, 1854. 



I wrote you last from Cape Kiche, in March, saying, among other 

 things, that I had given up my trip to Perth and Freemantle. After- 

 wards I changed my mind, and set out, in a cart, from Eang George's 

 Sound on April 2nd, and arrived at Perth on the 13th, where I was 

 hospitably entertained for a week by Mr. Sanford, who was as kind as 

 he could possibly be, and so conthiues. His position enabled him to 



