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fifty copies of " Flora " at Wiley & Putnam's on reach- 

 ing London. I hope you have seen the partner at 

 New York on the subject, and that the " Flora " will 

 be advertised fully in London before I reach there. 

 But I must close. Don't fail to write very often. Sir 

 William and Lady Hooker and all the family, old, 

 young, and middle-aged, all send their most affection- 

 ate regards. I sit over against your portrait at din- 

 ner. It is very like you. . . . 



TO JOHN TORREY. 

 KINROSS, Wednesday evening 1 , January 2, 1839. 



My journal will inform you of all my movements 

 and doings, and also of the arrival of your welcome 

 letter by the Liverpool, while I remained at Sir 

 William's. I am much distressed at the thought of 

 your anticipated engagements with Princeton, and 

 wish very much that you could have felt yourself 

 warranted in delaying until after the expected meet- 

 ing of the regents of the Michigan university, which 

 was to take place on the 10th of December. While 

 there is the slightest hope remaining I do not like 

 to relinquish the thought that we may hereafter work 

 together and live near each other. The fear that this 

 may not be the case has of late rendered me much 

 more anxious to obtain books and specimens, in order 

 that I may get on by myself in case I shall be com- 

 pelled to work alone. I need not attempt to tell 

 you how much I have enjoyed my visit to Hooker. 

 He is truly one of Nature's noblemen. We worked 

 very hard for twenty days, and I would have been 

 glad to have stayed as much longer ; for as yet I have 

 looked into few books. All the collections of Carex 

 placed in Boott's hands have been returned to Hooker, 



