376 SECOND JOURNEY IN EUROPE. _ [1850, 
He returned to England, going down the Neckar 
by steamboat to Heidelberg, then down the Rhine, 
and through Holland, where he saw Miquel! in Am- 
sterdam, rambling with him on a féte-day through 
the streets at evening, enjoying the queer sights ; 
went to Leyden, meeting De Vriese,? with whom was 
R. Brown (then staying in Leyden for a few days), 
and seeing the Botanic Garden, one of the oldest 
in Europe, and well known to Linneus. Blume * he 
missed, but he saw Siebold’s* collection of Japanese 
curios, then most rare. He took steamer from Rot- 
terdam to London, and after a few days went down to 
Mr. Bentham’s, in Herefordshire. 
Here were spent two months of very hard work 
with Mr. Bentham, who most kindly went over with 
him the plants of the United States Exploring Expe- 
dition, which had been brought over the Atlantic for 
the purpose. 
Pontrilas is in a pretty, hilly country on the border 
of Wales, with many old churches, almost of Saxon 
time, in the neighborhood, to give interest to walks, 
and very interesting, agreeable neighbors for a day or 
two’s visiting, among duce the authoress, Mrs. Archer 
Clive, who was ve iad. 
He left Pontrilas early in December to make a visit, 
at Dublin, to his friend Professor Harvey, to stay in 
1 F, A. W. Miquel, 1812-1871; director of the Amsterdam herba- 
rium and professor of botany, Utrech 
2 William H. De Vriese, 1806-1862 ; saeco in the University of 
sas deen author of many important works and memoirs. 
8 Charles Louis Blume, 1796-1866; in charge ‘of the Colonial Bo- 
tanic Gardens at Jaya; later curator of the herbarium of the Royal 
Museum at Leyden. 
4 Philip Franz Siebold, 1796-1866. Wrote Flora Japonica. He 
brought from Japan a large collection of curios when the country was 
rarely opened to a foreigner, and at the risk of his life. 
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