ET. 28.] TO JOHN TORREY. 91 
fifty copies of “ Flora” at Wiley & Putnam’s on reach- 
ing London. I hope you have seen the partner at 
New York on the subject, and that the “ Flora” will 
be advertised fully in London before I reach there. 
But I must close. Don’t fail to write very often. Sir 
William and Lady Hooker and all the family, old, 
young, and middle-aged, all send their most affection- 
ate regards. I sit over against your portrait at din- 
ner. It is very like you. .. . 
TO JOHN TORREY. 
Kinross, Wednesday evening, January 2, 1839. 
My journal will inform you of all my movements 
and doings, and also of the arrival of your welcome 
letter by the Liverpool, while I remained at Sir 
William’s. I am much distressed at the thought of 
your anticipated engagements with Princeton, and 
wish very much that you could have felt yourself 
warranted in delaying until after the expected meet- 
ing of the regents of the Michigan university, which 
was to take place on the 10th of December. While 
there is the slightest hope remaining I do not like 
to relinquish the thought that we may hereafter work 
together and live near each other. The fear that this 
may not be the case has of late rendered me much 
more anxious to obtain books and specimens, in order 
that I may get on by myself in case I shall be com- 
pelled to work alone. I need not attempt to tell 
you how much I have enjoyed my visit to Hooker. 
He is truly one of Nature’s noblemen. We worked 
very hard for twenty days, and I would have been 
glad to have stayed as much longer; for as yet I have 
looked into few books. All the collections of Carex 
placed in Boott’s hands have been returned to Hooker, 
