76 BOTANICAL INFORMATION. 
are now added Ecklon's; but above all, com- 
plete sets of Schiede and Deppe's Mexi- 
can, and Sellow's Brazilian plants. What 
are most wanting are North and West 
American, Australian, and Asiatic plants. 
This and the following collection are ar- 
ranged according to the Natural Orders. 
3rdly, The separate Sellowian Herba- 
rium, which on. account of the size of its 
specimens, is kept in larger paper, and still 
contains, in several instances, numerous 
duplicates, which, according to the liberal 
system now adopted, are to be given away 
to such Botanists as have contributed, or 
may be expected to contribute, to the ge- 
neral Herbarium :—or to Monographists 
to whom particular series are valuable. 
There are also Cryptogamic collections, 
and some others of minor importance. 
* Of the two friends whom I formerly 
saw here in the immediate management of 
this Herbarium, the one, M. de Schlech- 
tendal, is now Professor of Botany at Halle, 
where he continues the publication of the 
* Linnea;” the other, poor Chamisso, is, 
I fear, on his death-bed. He has been for 
many months in a state which leaves no 
hope of his recovery. The present ma- 
nagement is in the hands of your friend 
Klotzsch, who has been exceedingly kind 
and attentive to me, and who seems quite 
happy on a very small salary. Under him 
is a very active old man, of the name of 
Tiel, who has a considerable knowledge of 
plants, especially such as is necessary for 
ping them in a good state of arrange- 
ment, which is no slight merit,—and one 
or two other assistants. 
“ In the same building with the General 
Herbarium, is an extensive collection of 
seeds and fruits, the smaller ones all in 
glass bottles, labelled and classed; and a 
library of the more usual botanical works, man 
The larger and more costly works are in 
the public library in the town, to which I 
shall advert by-and-bye." 
Dresden, August 17, 1836. 
“ The other important Herbarium in 
Berlin, is that of Mr. Kunth, which is rich 
chiefly in the Humboldtian plants, Mi- 
chaux’s North American, Olivier's Orien- : 
tal, and others which he brought with h 
from Paris; a considerable European 
lection, the Wallichian and other pl 
he received in England, Beyrich's Am 
can, Meyer's and also Lessing's Sib 
Sellow's Brazilian, and various othe 
lections which he has lately obtained 
different quarters: and, as a general 
barium, it may probably be more ext 
than the royal one of Schöneberg. 
each species in one cover, and the who 
tied up in bundles;—a very good 
when there is abundance of room, 
when it is not necessary to consult 
frequently: but it would be reckoned v 
us a great waste of space and time, & 
Kunth himself, who was most friendly am 
serviceable to us, is at this time much en- 
gaged with the Cyperacee, which al 
printing for his “ Enumeratio,” and upo 
which he has published some memoirs i 
Wiegmann's Archiv. der Naturkund, | 
wellas in the memoirs of some public b 
dies. He has extensive materials be 
him for his work, and is bestowing g 
pains upon it. 
The Botanical Garden of Berlin rem 
under the immediate management of Mess 
Otto, father and son; and is, I i 
still the most important in Germany, int 
number of species (trees excepte 
which respect the Vienna Garden exo 
well and they have a great many 
also from. the Petersburg Garden, 
from the same country, and some of tb 
garden, who takes a great interest in 
establishment, and is a very intelligi 
Professor Link, who has a superior 
trol over the garden, is deeply eng 
He inte! 
of Icones Anatomico-botanice. 
drawn and engraved under his own 
