^.T. 28.] TO WILLIAM J. HOOKER. 269 



I had a few days to finish, and to look at Kunth's ^ 

 herbarium, with which I was rather disappointed. 

 Kunth was extremely polite and attentive to me. He 

 is at work upon the third volume of his " Enumeratio," 

 but I fear it will not be very well done. I saw Ehren- 

 berg^ frequently, and Link^ once or twice, but nearly 

 aU my time was spent at Sohbnberg, where the Bo- 

 tanic Garden and Herbarium are situated, which is 

 nearly a half hour's ride from the city. The garden 

 is much the finest in Germany, and the government 

 annually expends very large simis upon it. The build- 

 ing exclusively devoted to the herbarium is very com- 

 modious, though Klotzsch begins to complain that he 

 has not sufficient room. It is so far from town that 

 there are no loungers there, and one may study per- 

 fectly undisturbed. I brought a few things for you 

 from Klotzsch and Link, which Pamphlin is to send 

 to-morrow. 



Having lost some time by illness I did not go to 

 Rostock, a most out-of-the-world place, although I 

 suppose I shall hereafter regret that I did not see 

 Lamarck's herbarium. 



I spent several days at Hamburg, saw Lehmann, his 

 herbarium, and the botanic garden ; and took steam- 

 boat for London. Since my return I have been busily 

 occupied in the city, completing some purchases for 



1 Karl Sigismund Kunth, 1788-1850. Appointed professor of bot- 

 any at BerKn, 1819. Author of Enumeratio Plantarum and other well- 

 known descriptive works. 



2 Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, 1794-1876. Berlin. Student of 

 the microscope, and author of works on the lower forms of plants and 

 animals. 



3 Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Professor at Breslau, then 

 at Berlin. Wrote Anatomy of Plants and Elements of Botanical Phil- 

 osophy. 



