278 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
New York, August 24th 1833 
_ My dear Sir. 
By the blessing of God I have safely returned to my native 
land, & to my happy home, after being so long separated from 
them. Although I am by no means fairly settled yet, I must ad- 
dress you a few lines, to enquire about your health & also to in- 
form you that a parcel from Dr. Hooker will immediately be sent, 
for you, to the store of Mr. Bininger, in Broadway. The said 
parcel was placed in a box at Glasgow last April, & forwarded to 
New York, but my family misunderstood my directions, & did 
not leave it, as addressed, or you would have received it long 
since. 
I have had a pleasant time of it in Europe, though my stay 
was too short to accomplish all that I desired to do. I spent 
more than a month in Dr. Hooker’s family, from whom I received 
every possible kindness. Dr. H. is a delightful man, & one of 
the most liberal botanists in the world—I was positively ashamed 
to take so many plants & books from him without the possibility 
of my making any suitable return. At Kinross I spent a week 
with Dr. Arnott, who is a most accurate botanist. He is working, 
along with Dr. Wight, at a Flora of Peninsular India [94]. In 
Edinburgh I made the acquaintance of the excellent Prof. 
Graham— 
In London I went through Pursh’s Herbm. in Mr Lambert’s 
possession, & also Gronovius’ plants in the British Museum. I 
was much pleased with Mr. Brown who is an astonishing man. 
We became quite intimate, & he is to furnish me with some re- 
marks on several interesting American plants. I saw much of 
Lindley, Bentham, &c. 
In Paris I worked hard at [the] Michaux Herbm., preserved at 
the Garden of Plants, & have settled many doubts which have 
hung over his plants. 
You must write to me as soon as convenient & let me know 
what is the state of your health, & what you have. been doing in 
the botanical way since I have been absent. I am sorry that 
I cannot write to you at greater length at present. 
Believe me, My Dear Sir 
Yours very truly, 
JoHN TORREY 
