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especially as you can’t help yourself. This being 
done I went on to the Linnzan Society, and by work- 
ing at the full stretch of my powers contrived to get 
hcceih the Linnean herbarium (skipping a few 
genera now and then) about six o'clock. Returned 
home pretty well fatigued, took some tea and toast, 
called upon Bentham, whom I found writing letters of 
introduction for me. I have them now before me. 
They are addressed to Seringe at Lyons; Requien, 
Avignon ; Lady Bentham (B.’s mother) at Montpellier, 
with request to make me acquainted with Dunal and 
Delile ; Moretti at Pavia; Visiani at Padua; Tomasini 
at Triest; Unger at Gratz; Endlicher at Vienna ; 
Martius and Schultes at Munich; Reichenbach at 
Dresden; Poppig at Leipsic. These, with what I 
have already from Hooker, Arnott, Greville, Boott, 
ete., with a few that I expect at Paris, leave me little 
to wish for in this respect. About ten o’clock went to 
Mrs. Stevenson’s party. It was not a very large one, 
and in no way especially remarkable. I found there 
of course the Bootts (three sizes, viz., Mrs. Boott the 
grandmother, Mrs. Boott the mother, and Miss Boott 
the daughter) and so of course I was upon good foot- 
ing. Our minister lives in neat but by no means 
splendid style, quite enough so for a republican ; 
and Mrs. S. is very lady-like and prepossessing in 
appearance. Mr. Stevenson did not make his appear- 
ance. Of course, I did not stay long. 
TO JOHN TORREY. 
Poor Hunneman died yesterday, after a short ill- 
ness. I have spent much time evenings with Mr. 
Valentine, whom I like extremely. Excepting only 
Brown, he is the best microscopical observer in Great 
