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ET. 48.] TO A. DE CANDOLLE. 451 
eleventh anniversary of our union, we must not 
be separated then —‘“ The Union, it must be pre- 
served.” ... 
I send back your Cavendish with many thanks. 
The old cock was much like Robert Brown in many 
respects. Though there is nothing in him to love, he 
calls out a sort of admiration, partly in the literal 
sense, that is, wonder, mixed with pity, that he had 
no feelings. Brown had, and besides he was social 
and not so very queer, but he lived very much in the 
same way, and I suppose had as little sense of re- 
ligion. 
Schreber spells Anthephora, but gives no deriva- 
tion. P. de B., you see, does, so Anthephora is doubt- 
less right. 
_ Can that and Buffalo-grass be the same? I doubt. 
Has the Anthephora-like plant no stamens of its own? 
The mode of growth does not so much distinguish 
your plant from Newberry’s Hemitones, and verily I 
suspect they are the same species. Pity you come in 
and spoil a good name!.. . 
TO A. DE CANDOLLE. 
April 27, 1859. 
T am charmed at the intelligence you give of your 
son, and that he takes to botany with spirit, so that 
he may continue the celebrity of the honored name of 
De Candolle in the third generation. 
We shall weleome him when he comes to America 
and will do all we can to advance his objects. Ore- 
gon and the country to the north of it (British Co- 
lumbia) will be in good and safe condition to explore, 
and I am convinced that there is still much to find 
in the Sandwich Islands, especially in the interior of 
