44 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



List of Letters presented to the Linnean Society, October 1883. 



I. 29th Nov. 1736. LiNNiEUS to Geoege Diomrsms Ehbet. 

 Holograph in Latin from Amsterdam on botanical subjects and 



acknowledging a letter from Ehret of Oct. 3rd. 



II. 16th Jan. 1738. Linnaeus to G-. D. Eheet. 



Holograph in Latin from Leyden acknowledging receipt of a 

 picture, offering books, &c. Seal, a lily with the motto " Con- 

 siderate LILIA." 



III. 12th Aug. 1747. LiNNiEUS to Gr. D. Ehret. 

 Holograph in Latin from Upsala expressing regret that Eliret 



cannot go to Upsala, asking for seeds from Chelsea Garden, &c. 

 Seal, two serpents intertwined around a lily awd holding in their 

 mouths an open book, on one page of which the sun is represented 

 as shining, on the other the inscription ntnqvam otiosts, 

 around the seal dioscorides 2. 



On the address are some directions in Swedish as to the letter 

 being delivered into Ehret's own hands and not into those of 

 Mr. Miller. 



IV. 2nd Oct. 1747. LiNNiEUs to G. D. Ehret. 



Holograph in Latin from Upsala introducing Dr. Peter Kalm, 

 who delivered it the 20th May, 1748. 



Y. 28tli Sept. 1749. Linnaeus to G. D. Ehret. 



Holograph in Latin from Upsala acknowledging the receipt of 

 some pictures and offering remarks on certain plants. 

 (Somewhat imperfect and damaged.) 



YI. 12th April, 1759. LiNNiEFS to G. D. Ehret. 



Holograph from Upsala introducing Dr. Dan. Solander. Seal, 

 a shield bearing a plant upon it, the cross of an order below ; 

 around, the motto eamam extollere eactis. 



YII. Undated, but probably March 1769. Linn^us to G. D. 

 Ehret. 



Holograph in Latin, received 3rd April, 1769, acknowledging 

 letter of 18th February, and on botanical subjects. 



The writer in this instance signs himself Car, Linne. Seal, a 

 mantled coat of arms witli a knight's helmet ; crest, a flower ; 



motto, FAMAM EXTOLLERE FACTIS. 



YIII. 14th Feb. 1755. Andeeje to G. D. Ehret. 



Holograph in German from Hanover subscribing for a copy of 

 Brown's ' Natural History of Jamaica,' and describing the prepa- 

 ration of Agaric. Seal, a shield with St. Andrew on the cross. 



