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Hosackia crassifolia twice over ! I am glad you have 

 the fruit of Chapmannia. I am a little afraid of Sty- 

 losanthes, of which there is a sort of monograph by 

 Vogel in the current volume of the " Linnsea ; " but no 

 plurifoHate ones appear. Hooker has a curious new 

 genus of Chenopodiacese, from the Eocky Mountains, 

 figured for the " Icones," which he wishes to call 

 Grayia! I am quite content with a Pig-weed; and 

 this is a very queer one. 



At Glasgow, although my stay was prolonged to 

 twenty days, I was unable in that time to accomplish 

 all I wished with Hooker ; and you may be sure we 

 lost no time, and that I could spare very little to visit 

 those objects of interest passing by. I did not omit, 

 however, as you may weU suppose, to visit the High 

 Church (the old Cathedral), where I spent an inter- 

 esting hour, having contrived to go there alone that 

 I might enjoy myself in my own way. From this I 

 visited the new cem.etery, which occupies the summit 

 of a hill adjacent to and overlooking the Cathedral. 

 On the very summit, raised on a tall column, is a co- 

 lossal figure of old John Knox in the attitude of 

 preaching, but ever and anon he seems to cast a scowl- 

 ing look down upon the Cathedral, as if he were in- 

 clined to make another attempt to demolish its walls. 

 And well he might, for if what I hear be true, I fancy 

 he would find the preaching now heard within its 

 walls almost as destitute of savor as when the shrine 

 of the Virgin Mary occupied its place in the chapel 

 which bears her name. The Cathedral is now under- 

 going some repairs ; the seats, etc., for the church 

 which occupied the nave are taken away, so that the 

 fine nave presents nearly the original appearance. 

 But the crypt, said to be the finest in the kingdom. 



