THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 215 
I mentioned to my friend Halsey some time since that you were 
desirous of hearing from him & I presume he has by this time 
written to you. The Salem Catalogue etc. are quite safe & will 
be returned shortly. Mr. H. has but little time to devote to 
science, but he is very industrious & a good economist of what 
leisure he has. 
We are quite active in our Lyceum, having now some good 
working members. Cooper, DeKay & Van Rensselaer set out the 
other day on an expedition to New Jersey for plants & organic 
remains. We expect much from their science and zeal. 
My Flora [89] is at a stand for a little while. The 1st vol. which 
closed with Icosandria is finished, & the part that is due to you 
shall be sent soon. Please get ready your rarities etc. for the 
2nd vol.[*] i 
I hope soon to have ready a small package for you,—princi- 
pally of foreign Cryptogamia. There will be among them some of 
the Nepal musci etc. 
The inclosed letter I received in a package from Professor 
Hooker. The seal was broken by me, through mistake. I dis- 
covered my error after reading one or two lines & immediately 
desisted. Pray don’t for the world think I did it intentionally. 
Since I wrote you last I have received many interesting plants, 
but no new books. There is something doing in Europe in Botany. 
Hooker you know is engaged in writing an Universal Flora in 
English.[t] De Candolle in a Synopsis plantarum [16], etc. In the 
first vol. of the Lin. Trans. of Paris is a long paper on mosses by 
Beauvois [57], with some excellent plates. It is very much like 
his Prodrom{e] [58], which he published in 1805.— 
I remain, Dear Sir 
Yours most cordially 
Joun TORREY. 
P.S.—June 1st. This letter I have just found where it was acci- 
dentally laid some days ago. It was my impression that I sent 
it to the postoffice. Do pardon my neglect. 
ne ena nem 
* [Never published.] 
t [See footnote, p. 205.] 
