I have allowed a very long <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />time to pass since the receipt <supplied xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" cert="high">of</supplied> <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />the long & kind letter, with <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />which you honored me by <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" /><ref xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="d5b49af0-d270-41e3-b49a-f0d27081e301" corresp="#c5de245a-9aa2-49e2-9e24-5a9aa209e202" type="editorialNote">Herr <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0015656 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117645281">Schönbein</persName></ref><note xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xml:id="c5de245a-9aa2-49e2-9e24-5a9aa209e202" corresp="#d5b49af0-d270-41e3-b49a-f0d27081e301" type="editorial"><persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0011992 http://d-nb.info/gnd/118774891">J.D. Hooker</persName> meint <persName ref="https://edition-humboldt.de/H0015656 http://d-nb.info/gnd/117645281">Philipp Schönlein</persName>.</note>, but I have <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />been anxious to procure for you <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />as definite information as I <lb xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" />can about the <name xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" type="plant" key="Sargassum">Gulf-weed</name>.