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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 helin. 
TO GEORGE ENGELMANN. 
. . . The small parcel from Andersson ? has come. 
From him I have a nice oil copy of the portrait of 
Linneus,? painted by Madame Andersson. 
an ° 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. 
T have got Mann ‘ 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 
a The portrait is in the herbarium of the Museum at Stockholm 
3 A. W. Chapman, b. 1809. Southampton, Mass. Residing at Agee 
lachicola, Fla. ; author of the Flora of ihe Southern States. 
orace Mann, 1 1868. Made large collections in the Sand- 
wich Islands. Wrote ‘‘ Enumeration of Hawaiian Plants,’ Proceed- 
ings American Academy, 1866, 
