276 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
I made a sad mistake respecting the time when I received the 
Ferns [37] for you from Dr. Greville. Even now I barely recollect 
that I left a parcel for you at Grant Thorburn’s seed Store. No 
tidings have yet been received from the gentleman into whose 
hands Dr. G. placed also a copy of his Algae Britannicae [26] 
for me. 
I leave for you the 1st Part of Hooker’s Boreal Flora [34] 
(without the plates) which I hope may prove of some use to you. 
The 4th No. is out in England, but I have not received it yet. 
You have perhaps heard of the lamented death of DeCandolle! 
The news|*] reached me just at the moment that I closed for him 
a parcel of rare plants. To our short-sighted vision it appears 
to be a misfortune that he did not live to finish his great work, 
but we must submit—the Judge of all the earth always does that 
which is right. 
Our citizens are much alarmed at the prospects of cholera 
reaching us ere long. Indeed there is too much reason for be- 
lieving that our fears will be realized, but I trust & pray that 
in the midst of wrath, God will remember me mercifully. 
In haste I subscribe myself 
Your faithful friend 
Joun TORREY 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
NEw York, October 22nd 1832 
My dear Sir, 
Your letter of the 30th of August last, together with the two 
copies of your work on the Fungi [76], reached me safely & in 
good time. The copy for Mr. Halsey was sent to him forthwith. 
I congratulate you on the completion of this great performance. 
Its appearance will be hailed by all the lovers of Cryptogamic 
botany, here & elsewhere. If we now had the other departments 
of cur ACOTYLEDONEs finished, we [would] have our entire Flora 
posted up to the present day. When shall we have our Lichenes, 
our Musci, our Algae & our Hepaticae? Life is too short—too 
valuable, I ought to have said, for any one of us to undertake the 
whole. We must secure the great object of present existence, 
whatever else we surrender or neglect. 
* [This ‘“‘ news” was erroneous.] 
