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Mirbel's, who made his drawings in Marchaiitia, etc. r 

 indeed the best botanical artiste in Paris. What a 

 fine library Jussieu has ! And what a capital advan- 

 tage it is to have a great botanist for one's father ! I 

 particularly envy Jussieu his collection of botanical 

 pamphlets, which fill a large cabinet, all arranged in 

 families, etc., the largest collection of the kind in the 

 world, Jussieu thinks. He gave me to-day a little 

 print of his father taken in the year his " Genera Plan- 

 tarum" was published. He told me, what I did not 

 know before, that Bernard de Jussieu superintended 

 the publication of Aublet's " Plantes de la Guiane." I 

 could buy that work rather cheap, but think I must 

 refrain. I bought to-day Schreber's edition of the 

 "Genera Plantarum," two francs, two vols. in one, 

 bound, for myself (you have it, I believe), and a sec- 

 ond copy of "Linnaei Species Plantarum," ed. 3 

 (which is the 2d Holm., as you know, reprinted pagi- 

 natim at Vienna). I gave five francs, and shall put it 

 down for Sullivant, who should have it, unless indeed 

 you desire to keep it yourself. I have bought (ten 

 francs) the first four vols. of " Memoires de 1'Insti- 

 tut," 4to, bound, for library of Michigan. Ventenat's 

 memoire of Tilia is contained in one, also other botan- 

 ical papers, and some good old chemical ones, etc. 

 Webb is to put up for me a small parcel of Labilliar- 

 dire's New Holland plants. 



I have bought L'Heritier's " Cornus," so now I have 

 the whole complete, and must get it all bound* 



P. S. I have just discovered that the copy of 

 L'He*ritier is imperfect. I feel confident that Webb 

 knows it not, and I of course cannot tell him. I shall 

 have all bound up in one thick volume. 



Monday evening, April 8. I finished early this 



