718 FINAL JOURNEYS AND WORK. [1881, 
Madame De Candolle and yourself; and I am always 
most sincerely yours, Asa GRay. 
TO 5. D. HOOKER. 
Luaano, May 8, 1881. 
. Mrs. Gray was able to see little of Padua, 
hoped the Giotto frescoes and a look into San An- 
tonio, the interior of which looked richer than ever. 
I kept moving; took a turn in the pleasant old Bo- 
tanic Garden; found Saccardo;! saw two plants of 
Amorphophallus Rivieri in blossom; was taken up, by 
Sacecardo’s aid, by Dr. Penzig? of Breslau, a gentle- 
manly young fellow, and of good promise, who took 
me in hand at the garden, university, etc. 
Horex St. Romar, Paris, May 22, 1881. 
If I write you a letter this evening, having nothing 
else to do till bedtime, mind, you, who have every- 
thing to do, are not bound to do more than to read it. 
Mrs. Gray and Lady Hooker seem to manage corre- 
spondence very well, and we may take it easy. But I 
want to tell you what a pleasant and restful week we 
had at Geneva. The De Candolles were delightful. 
He comes in from Vallon every day at ten, and stays 
till half past four, and I passed much of the time in 
the herbarium, where I had various old dropped 
stitches to take up, which I happily accomplished. 
As to sociabilities, De Candolle had made a dinner 
party for the very day we arrived (Friday), which I 
had barely time to get to. I met there Edouard 
1 Aka: Andrea Saccardo ; professor at Pad 
Otto Penzig, M. D.; formerly assistant ear are at Padua, now 
ssakiaies at Genoa. 
