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be done and such ample means. Arnott has written, 
inviting me to spend some time with him, which I 
hope to do, visiting him from Edinburgh, there being 
now no coach to Stirling or Kinross, from Glasgow 
direct. . . . Sir William has given me many interest- 
ing plants; we have settled many points of interest. 
He had our new Nuttallia all figured for the Supple- 
ment to “ Flora Borealis Americana” as a new genus, 
and we have recently found it among plants from the 
Snake country, which, with Douglas’s and other Cali- 
fornian plants, he is publishing as a supplement to 
“ Beechey’s Voyage.” I begged him to adopt the 
name Nuttallia. He offered at once to publish it as of 
Torrey and Gray, but I would not consent to this, and 
I am sure you would agree with me. He has in dif- 
ferent ways a great share of Nuttall’s so far, — Pick- 
eringia for instance (which is a shrubby Baptisia), 
Kentrophyta, ete. I shall be kept here ten days 
longer, I think; no one else abroad is so rich in North 
American botany or takes so much interest in it. I 
am requested to study all his Sandwich Island plants 
CGncluding my own parcel here), and make an article 
for the “ Annals of Natural History” while here. I 
think I will, if on looking over the parcels I think I 
can do the subject justice. Can’t Knieskern! safely 
make the excursion to Sante Fé in the coming spring ? 
If he can, and will work hard, he will make $1000 
clear of expenses | All the collectors make money. 
Hooker is very anxious about it. I hope to find the 
1 Peter D. Knieskern, M. D., 1798-1871. “ Botanized over 
pine-barrens of New Jersey wit th utmost assiduity and skill, a simple- 
which he Temeet, and none in zeal, simplicity, and love of science for 
its own sake.’’?’ — A. G. 
Soren Rad 
