MR. EDWARD HOBSON. 319 
The following letter from Sir William Hooker 
to Hampson, written very soon after Hobson’s 
death, so exactly accords with the feelings of 
those of his friends who were best able to es- 
timate his character and acquirements, that I 
am sure I shall be excused for giving it at 
length. 
“ Glasgow, Oct. 2nd, 1830. 
“‘ Sir,—I was much concerned and surprised 
to learn by your letter of the 11th of last month, 
and by the copy of the Manchester Guardian 
which you had the goodness to send to me, that 
your friend and my valued correspondent, Mr. 
Hobson, had died. I was not even aware that 
he had been in an indifferent state. His loss 
will be severely felt by the lovers of British 
Botany generally, for I hope that had he lived it 
was his intention to have continued his Musci 
Britannici, or rather to have extended the plan 
so as to have included the whole of the British 
Cryptogame. 
“‘T should be happy were it in my power to 
have furnished you with particulars relative to his 
general botanical knowledge and acquirements, 
but unfortunately nearly all I do know of him is 
