
          *far more so than one would judge from his memoir of 1785

in 1785 enabled him to *be*. But I must tell you a little of my travels.
I have been most favoured in seeing the eminent botanists of the counties I visited.
Itis no trifling matter to have visited Brown + Wahlenberg, Hooker + Fries, and
to have been aquainted with such men as Borrer, and Velozsch and Boott. I shall 
never forget the kindness of Sir Wm. Hooker. He was most friendly most courteous.
Indeed and I have been distinguished as a naturalist I could not have been recieved with
more cordiality. Mr. Webb was very polite in Paris. Dr. Greville is all that is ex-
cellenet and liberal. But I hope at some time to be able to shew you the
notebook of those whom I saw. Dr. von Martins + Zuccanini were very kind
as was Prof. Lehmann, who furnished me with a very large colln of Siberia
Leguminosae, particy Astragali. At Lambert's sale I acquired one half
of his old American Herbm. This was disposed in 2 Cabinets - the first
containd all Pursh's plants - and thr 2nd all the rest (Frazer, Bradbury
Lewis + Clark, Nuttall &c) this last I bought. I purchased also a
bundle marked in the Catal. only "American Plants", wih seems to con-
sist entirely of Pursh's plants + contains his Crataegi, Junci, Carices &c.
I also acquired the MS of Ph's [= Pursh's] originally proposed work (vidi his pref.) a "Synop
sis secundum Persoonium", a MS map of his routes, a Catalogue of the plants
he gathered in [?]W.[?], + another printed Catal. of a Russian Bot. Gardn by him
have [?] Mr. Lambert's own presentation of his Flora, with Don's
on the unlabelled bundles of Ph's Cana Plants. Among my miscell. lots 
some of Labillardiere's N. Holl. pl. wih were the means of procuring me a
visit from Mr. Brown +  a subsequent present of the Carices of his Prodromus. My
visit to Wahlenberg was a very pleasant one. He also was so kind as
to add so many colln of Carices all his own pubd sp. + many other; as well
as the Salices Junci + Grasses of the Fl. Lapp. From Mr. Menzies I recieved
much kindness  + I value especially the collxn of N.W. Coast Lichens wih he gave
me - one of wih is the plant upon wih Ach. founded his Cetraria lacunosa, 
a wholly distinct plant from what has been called so here. Mr. Oakes has
given my name to the plant of our region; an honour I greatly value. I
have been most liberally favoured with Lichens, particularly by Dr. [?]
to whom I owe a very fine set of the duplicates of Florke, Funk, Humb-
oldt, Sello, &c. I studied 3 weeks work asiduously on the Lichens of the
Royal Prussn Herbm. I spent the winter in Berlin. Prof. Kunth very
polite, and I saw him often, and was able to furnish him with a 

        