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Mirbel’s, who made his drawings in Marchantia, ete., 
— indeed the best botanical artiste in Paris. What a 
fine library Jussieu has! And what a capital advan- 
tage it is to have a great botanist for one’s father! I 
particularly envy Jussieu his collection of botanical 
pamphlets, which fill a large cabinet, all arranged in 
families, etc., the largest collection of the kind in the 
world, Jussieu thinks. He gave me to-day a little 
print of his father taken in the year his “ Genera Plan- 
tarum”’ was published. He told me, what I did not 
know before, that Bernard de Jussieu “amie 
the publication of Aublet’s “ Plantes de la Gui 
could buy that work rather cheap, but think = aa 
refrain. I bought to-day Schreber’s edition of the 
“Genera Plantarum,” two francs, two vols. in one, 
bound, for myself (you have it, I believe), and a sec- 
ond copy of “ Linnzi Species Plantarum,” ed. 
(which is the 2d Holm., as you know, reprinted pagi- 
natim at Vienna). I gave five frances, and shall put it 
down for Sullivant, who should have it, unless indeed 
you desire to keep it yourself. I have bought (ten 
franes) the first four vols. of “ Mémoires de I’ Insti- 
tut,” 4to, bound, for library of Michigan. Ventenat’s 
mémoire of Tilia is contained in one, also other botan- 
ical papers, and some good old chemical ones, ete. 
Webb is to put up for me a small parcel of Labilliar- 
diére’s New Holland plants. 
I have bought L’Héritier’s ‘“ Cornus,” so now I have 
the whole complete, and must get it all bound. 
P.S.—I have just discovered that the copy of 
L’H¢ritier is imperfect. I feel confident that Webb 
knows it not, and I of course cannot tell him. I shall 
have all bound up in one thick volume. 
Monday evening, April 8.—TI finished early this 
