THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 265 
for you a new list of all my American plants, in which however- 
I mark those of which I cannot spare any, for want of a duplicate. 
I shall send you this & beg you to mark such of the rest as you 
would be desirous to see & have at all events. 
Your annunciation of the arrival of packages for me from Dr. 
Martius, was wholly unexpected. I can very deeply sympathise 
with you on the disappointment the contents of the box caused 
you—from similar misfortunes which I have experienced—& am 
much obliged to you, that you have probably saved me one, by 
your peep into my parcels—for I should certainly have expected 
something more valuable than I fear the scrapings of Dr M.’s 
Herb. may prove, altho’ Dr. Saynish tells me, that he has seen the 
whole of Martius’ Brazilian collection, & that they are upon the 
whole extremely imperfect & wretchedly preserved. However 
every little helps. 
My friend Mr. Bininger has just informed me that he is about 
forwarding these packages to me very soon. Pray, my dear Sir, 
let me bear my proportion of the truly enormous charge upon the 
box & inform me of what that amounts to.—It can only be owing to 
mismanagement that the German transportation comes so high— 
or perhaps to that spectral ghost the Cholera which has possessed 
the European governments & makes them do everything in their 
power to prevent the passage of packages of every kind. I have 
lately received Journals, which were perforated in every direction 
(as all my letters regularly are) by the purifying chisel & so im- 
-bued with a smell of Vinegar of Four Thieves, that I can hardly 
stand the perusal of them. 
The little Splachnum appears to me very interesting. Be sure 
to inform me whether it agrees with your arctic specimens of 
Drummond. By the by, has that gentleman actually commenced 
his operations in this country—& is there any hope of participating 
in the harvest? 
The entire restoration of my health (tho’ alas not of my youth- 
ful energy in climbing fences & stooping & marching, the want 
of which will be a great drawback on my exertions) with which 
I flatter myself, gives me hopes of doing more this year in Botany 
than of late years. I have not heard from Mr. Halsey for a long 
time—& will beg to remind you once more to be so kind as to let 
