130 FIRST JOURNEY IN EUROPE. [1839, 
Arnott seems to think much more of Nees von 
Esenbeck than anybody else. It is generally thought 
he is in his iiss. and a sad, very sad splitter of 
straws. . . 
I had some thoughts of going to Paris via Leyden, 
to see if I can coax anything . out of Blume, but he 
seems to have behaved rather strangely to all the 
English botanists I have yet met with. You ask 
whom I liked best in Scotland: Hooker is all in all! 
A new Antarctic expedition is planned; indeed is 
settled upon nearly, to be commanded by James Ross. 
But a part of the administration throw difficulties in 
the way. If it goes Joseph Hooker is to be the nat- 
uralist. . . . By the way, Corda’s “ Memoir on Im- 
pregnation of Plants” turns out to be mere humbug, 
and it seems there is little dependence to be placed 
upon him. . . 
Tell Bailey T am every day getting information 
that will be valuable to him, in the microscopical way. 
I have a new correspondent for him, Mr. Edwin J. 
Quekett,! 50 Wellclose Square, London, an excellent 
microscopist. I will write soon what he wants, and 
he will send through me some microscopical objects. 
P.S.—I have just had the offer of a chance to 
examine Walter’s herbarium as much as I like !— to 
take it into my possession for a week if I like! and 
that after I had nearly given up all hopes of it. 
February 5, eleven o’clock, evening. . . . I think 
I mentioned in those letters how yesterday was spent, 
viz., that I rose early, took stagecoach for Turnham 
Green, near Chiswick, where Lindley resides, break- 
fasted and spent the day. Lindley was certainly very 
n J. Quekett, 1808-1847. Wrote much on the microscopic 
Fatioeiay ‘of plants and animals. 
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