394 CORRESPONDENCE. [1853, 
I long to hear what you will say of the Trichomanes 
from Alabama which I sent you. 
With best wishes for the new year to you and all 
yours, I remain, Yours affectionately, 
Asa Gray. 
January 28, 1853. 
“ Tt never rains but it pours ” is an old adage suit- 
able to this meridian and illustrated by what I now 
send you, namely, a second Trichomanes from Ala- 
bama! discovered by the indefatigable Thomas M. 
Peters, Esq., of Moulton, who (and not Mr. Beaumont, 
it appears) was the first finder of Trichomanes radi- 
cans in Alabama. 
This one seems to me clearly a new one. . . 
I think it particularly appropriate in this case that 
it should bear the name of its discoverer, so I have 
called it Trichomanes Petersii, and have sent a little 
article on it and Trichomanes radicans to “ Silliman’s 
Journal.” 
Tn 1853 began Dr. Gray’s long correspondence with 
the Dean of St. Paul’s, —a friendship whose intimacy 
was ever increasing and which lasted through his 
life. 
TO R. W. CHURCH 
February 7, 1853. 
My pear Mr. Cuurcn, —Since I heard, which I 
did first from Mr. Clough,! that you were about to 
marry and take charge of a parish, I have been long- 
ing every time I wrote to England to add a line ex- 
pressing my most sincere congratulations. I hope you 
1 Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-1861. The poet was resident in 
America from November, 1852, to June, 1853. 
