322 MEMOIR OF 
ter, with the view of purchasing Mr. Hobson’s 
collection of plants, for the use of that society, 
I shall be happy if you will set my name down 
for £5. and if you will let me know when the 
purchase is made, I will immediately remit the 
money. I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
W. J. Hooker.” 
“Mr. John Hampson, Manchester.” 
The Herbarium of Hobson is secured to the 
gardens of the Manchester Botanical and Horti- 
cultural Society. The manuscript of his ‘‘ Musci 
Britannici” is a precious deposit in the library, 
and his Insects form a part of the valuable mu- 
seum of the Manchester Mechanics’ Institution, in 
the welfare of both which societies he felt a very 
warm interest, and the usefulness and importance 
of which, his own privations enabled him properly 
to estimate. 
I have reason to believe that the highest wages 
Hobson ever received, were not more than forty 
shillings per week; and, that for many years they 
did not reach half that sum, yet he always kept 
himself out of debt ; and, by the innocence of his 
habits and pursuits, secured to himself a portion 
of real happiness, which is not often exceeded. 
