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whole globe into your system, doubts and difficul- 
ties innumerable must arise; and in this class it is 
quite enough to know and understand the plants 
even of one’s own vicinity. 
““T hope you received my last, with my thanks for 
your invaluable parcel, which made me rich beyond 
my warmest hopes as a botanist. ‘You hope the 
specimens will prove acceptable ! What a modest 
way of speaking of treasures above all price! Iknow 
not how sufficiently to thank you for such; the pos- 
session of which has always been beyond my hopes 
and expectations. I know however that your libe- 
rality, and, I am proud to add, your friendship, is 
such,that you truly gratify yourself when you confer 
a favour on your friend. The three Orchidee are 
inestimable, and the rest of the specimens highly 
valuable. I sent the parcel to Pitchford directly, 
attending to your request of not mentioning what 
I had received myself, that I might not take off his 
surprise at the sight of Ophrys Loeseliz. You have 
doubtless heard from him, with his acknowledge- 
ments. I got, however, rather found fault with for 
not informing him what I had got; and had some- 
thing of a lecture for wickedly telling him that I lost 
no time in forwarding the parcel, as Lent was just 
approaching: and I did not know, if I delayed it till 
that period, whether he might not incur a penance 
for indulging in a mental feast at the time that he 
was restricted from corporeal indulgencies. I could 
not have helped this sally, if I had died for it! I 
have kept him in the dark yet, but shall send him 
