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eleventh anniversary of our union, we must not 

 be separated then — " The Union, it must be pre- 

 served." . . . 



I send back your Cavendish with many thanks. 



The old cock was much like Robert Brown in many 

 respects. Though there is nothing in him to love, he 

 calls out a sort of admiration, partly in the literal 

 sense, that is, wonder, mixed with pity, that he had 

 no feelings. Brown had, and besides he was social 

 and not so very queer, but he lived very much in the 

 same way, and I suppose had as little sense of re- 

 ligion. 



Schreber spells Anthephora, but gives no deriva- 

 tion. P. de B., you see, does, so Anthephora is doubt- 

 less right. 



Can that and Biiffalo-grass be the same ? I doubt. 

 Has the Anthephora-Mke plant no stamens of its own? 



The mode of growth does not so much distinguish 

 your plant from Newberry's Hemitones, and verily I 

 suspect they are the same species. Pity you come in 

 and spoil a good name ! . . . 



TO A. DE CANDOLLE. 



AprQ 27, 1859. 



I am charmed at the intelhgence you give of your 

 son, and that he takes to botany with spirit, so that 

 he may continue the celebrity of the honored name of 

 De Candolle in the third generation. 



We shall welcome him when he comes to America 

 and wiU do all we can to advance his objects. Ore- 

 gon and the country to the north of it (British Co- 

 lumbia) will be in good and safe condition to explore, 

 and I am convinced that there is still much to find 

 in the Sandwich Islands, especially in the interior of 



