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been feared for some time ; and the blame is to be 

 assigned in part to the indiscretion and impractica- 

 bility of a few of the advanced Republican leaders. 

 We have survived worse scenes and darker prospects, 

 and shall surmount these troubles, I trust, in time. 

 But here things cannot always be done in the wisest 

 way. . . . 



I imagine Earl Russell is safe for a year or two, 

 since no other minstry could well be found to replace 

 him. I should like, before long, to see Gladstone at 

 the helm. 



TO GEORGE ENGELMANN. 



. . . The small parcel from Andersson 1 has come. 

 From him I have a nice oil copy of the portrait of 

 Linnaeus, 2 painted by Madame Andersson. 



Chapman 3 is here, excellent, loyal man all through ; 

 hates copperheads; is soon going back, so that you 

 can write him at Apalachicola for Junci. I have told 

 him what you are at with the genus. 



March 20, 1866. 



I have got Mann 4 well installed in Fendler's place, 

 and he is doing well, doing botanical work, too, on his 

 Sandwich Island plants ; will bring out an Enum. PL 

 Hawaiens. . . . 



1 Johann Nils Andersson, 1821 ; professor of botany at Stock- 

 holm. 



2 The portrait is in the herbarium of the Museum at Stockholm. 



3 A. W. Chapman, b. 1809. Southampton, Mass. Residing at Apa- 

 lachicola, Fla. ; author of the Flora of the Southern States. 



* Horace Mann, 1844r-1868. Made large collections in the Sand- 

 wich Islands. Wrote " Enumeration of Hawaiian Plants," Proceed- 

 ings American Academy, 1866. 



