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hearty congratulations on the success of our just en- 

 deavors. You have since had much more to rejoice 

 over, as well as to sorrow with us. But the noble 

 manner in which our country has borne itself should 

 give you real satisfaction. We appreciate, too, the 

 good feeling of England in its hearty grief at the 

 murder of Lincoln. 



Don't talk about our " hating " you, nor suppose 

 that we want to rob you of Canada, for which nobody 

 cares. 



We think we have been ill-used by you, when you 

 thought us weak and broken, and when we expected 

 better things. We have learned that we must be 

 strong to live in peace and comfort with England, 

 otherwise we should have to eat much dirt. But now 

 that we are on our feet again, all will go well, and 

 hatred will disappear. Indeed I see little of that. 



I must look to the Plantago dimorphism, for, as you 

 say, these plants, fertilized by the wind, would gain 

 nothing by being dimorphic. No dimorphic species 

 grows very near here, nor can I now get seeds of 

 P. Virginica. Perhaps a good look at even dried 

 specimens, under your hints, may settle the matter. 



I was exceedingly interested with the Lythrum 

 paper (but had no time to write a notice of it), and 

 I wait expectingly for your Climbing plants. You 

 are the very prince of investigators. We hope pres- 

 ently to make Mrs. Wedgewood's acquaintance. 



July 24. 



I am reading in snatches your admirable paper on 

 Climbing plants, as yet only eighty-eight pages of it, 

 and am watching with great interest all the climbers 

 I have at hand. What a nice piece of work you have 

 made of it ! 



