394 CORRESPONDENCE. [1853, 



I long to hear what you will say of the Trichomanes 

 from Alabama which I sent you. 



With best wishes for the new year to you and all 

 yours, I remain, Yours affectionately, 



Asa Gray. 



January 28, 1853. 



" It never rains but it pours " is an old adage suit- 

 able to this meridian and illustrated by what I now 

 send you, namely, a second Trichomanes from Ala- 

 bama ! discovered by the indefatigable Thomas M. 

 Peters, Esq., of Moulton, who (and not Mr. Beaumont, 

 it appears) was the first finder of Trichomanes radi- 

 cans in Alabama. 



This one seems to me clearly a new one. . . . 



I think it particularly appropriate in this case that 

 it should bear the name of its discoverer, so I have 

 called it Trichomanes Petersii, and have sent a little 

 article on it and Trichomanes radicans to " Silliman's 

 Journal." . . . 



In 1853 began Dr. Gray's long correspondence with 

 the Dean of St. Paul's, — a friendship whose intimacy 

 was ever increasing and which lasted through his 

 life. 



TO E. W. CHURCH. 



February 7, 1853. 



My dear Mr. Chxjroh, — Since I heard, which I 

 did first from Mr. Clough, ^ that you were about to 

 marry and take charge of a parish, I have been long- 

 ing every time I wrote to England to add a line ex- 

 pressing my most sincere congratulations. I hope you 



1 Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819-186]. The poet was resident in 

 America from November, 1852, to June, 1853. 



