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ET. 28.] TO JOHN TORREY. 93 
Hosackia crassifolia twice over! Iam glad you have 
the fruit of Chapmannia. I am a little afraid of Sty- 
losanthes, of which there is a sort of monograph by 
Vogel in the current volume of the “ Linnza;” but no 
plurifoliate ones appear. Hooker has a curious new 
genus of Chenopodiacez, from the Rocky Mountains, 
figured for the “ Icones,” which he wishes to call 
rayia! I am quite content with a Pig-weed; and 
this is a very queer one. 
At Glasgow, although my stay was prolonged to 
twenty days, I was unable in that time to accomplish 
all I wished with Hooker; and you may be sure we 
lost no time, and that I could spare very little to visit 
those objects of interest passing by. I did not omit, 
however, as you may well suppose, to visit the High 
Church (the old Cathedral), where I spent an inter- 
esting hour, having contrived to go there alone that 
I might enjoy myself in my own way. From this I 
visited the new cemetery, which occupies the summit 
of a hill adjacent to and overlooking the Cathedral. 
On the very summit, raised on a tall column, is a co- 
lossal figure of old John Knox in the attitude of 
preaching, but ever and anon he seems to cast a scowl- 
ing look down upon the Cathedral, as if he were in- 
clined to make another attempt to demolish its walls. 
And well he might, for if what I hear be true, I fancy 
he would find the preaching now heard within its 
walls almost as destitute of savor as when the shrine 
of the Virgin Mary occupied its place in the chapel 
which bears her name. The Cathedral is now under- 
going some repairs; the seats, ete., for the church 
which occupied the nave are taken away, so that the 
fine nave presents nearly the original appearance. 
But the crypt, said to be the finest in the kingdom, 
