
          In Britain I have seen Sir. Wm. Hooker, Dr. Gre-
ville, Dr. Lindley, Mr. Bentham, Dr. Boott, Mr. Menzies
Mr. Bennett, Prof. Balfour, the successor to Sir Wm.
Hooker's chair, Mr. Newmas, Mr. Loudon, Mr. Lam-
bert, + others. Above all I have seen "the great Robert
Brown", as Mr. Nuttall once called him - and more
than once. Dr. Greville's kindness wsas great; and I never
passed more happy hours than in his house. I have been
three times to Sir W. Hooker's. He is charmingly sit-
ated, just out of Kew - the house and the grounds
being both just the [?] ideal of comfort and con-
venience. The library + herbarium, the last in a series
of rooms of the same size, along an upper entry which
is wholly appropriated to the purpose, and the plant arr-
anged in cases around, and also in the centre of each
room, struck me as superior in commodiousness to
any I have seen except [added: only] the herb. of the Garden of Parris.
The view from the library [added: window] of fine old elms + a green
lawn beyond is very sweet. Mr. Webb of Paris, was
also most kind and hospitable. At his table I had
twice opportunities of meeting foreign botanists, and
he introduced [added: me] to almost all the Parisian investigators
of the science. I was presented to Dr. Dehile, Mr. Ad.
        