100 MEMOIR OF DR. HARVEY. 



To the Same. 



Trinity College, Dublin, 



' March 29, 1F48. 



I heartily congratulate you on your removal from the smoke 

 of London to the pure air of the country, and I much like 

 Clapham Rise. The common is one of the prettiest about 

 London, though many are pretty. No man will enjoy the change 

 more than you, and none can deserve enjoyment better. You 

 have worked a good day's work for others, and now richly 

 deserve the Sabbath's rest which you are looking forward to. 

 God grant you a long lease of it! I look forward with much 

 pleasure to the promised walks on Clapham Common, and 

 thank you for the promise of a " prophet's chamber," which it 

 will give me great pleasure to occupy one of these days. It is 

 a most convenient distance from the Kew terminus. I know 

 the ground, having been there last summer to visit Mr, Pollexfen. 

 He must be one of your near neighbours, and you ought to know 

 him, for he is a most agreeable man, and an ardent botanist. 

 You are sure to be friends. 



You have not told me the fate of the fernery at the square, 



whether it is to be intrusted to Mr. S , or to follow you 



to Clapham. At least the Irish case must be removed. It 

 would be a pity to disturb the old ones, as they are classical ; 

 and besides, however suitable to their present position, would be 

 hardly smart enough for the new quarters. Well, if you grow 

 your plants as successfully in good air as you did in the smoke, 

 we shall not grumble. But, after all, I have somehow a sort of 

 affection (like a cat) for that old house, and should not like to 

 see it stripped and bare. I hope the baby roses may still 

 flourish in its window-sills, and the cactuses continue to swing 

 on their vires. You will have so many new pets in the country 

 that those will not be missed, and, as an experiment, they can 

 never be so well placed as where they are. I hope you have a 

 nice sunny bank under your window, and that you will have a 

 flaming bed of escholtzia in memory of our dear old friend. I 

 never see that plant without its bringing the hale old man 

 vividly before me. 



I was rather amused (pardon) at your complaint of want of 

 room for horticultural experiments at your country residence. 



