5© PEOCEEDINGS or THE 



de noz Villes, places etc., et a touz autres noz Officiers, Justiciers 

 et Sujetz qu'il appartiendra, Salut. Nouz voulnns et vouz man- 

 dourons expressement que vouz ayez aJaisser sureinent et libre- 

 ment passer leBomme George Ehret, jardinier, allemaud, de notre 

 Jardin Eoyal des plantes, allant en Angleterre, sans luy donner 

 ny soufl'rir qu'il luy soit donne aucun empechement, maiz au 

 contraire I'ayde ou assistance dont il aura besoin. Le present 

 passeport valable pour troiz moiz seulement : car tel est notre 

 plaisir. 



" Donne a Yersailles le vingt-liuit fevrier 1735. 



" Louis. 

 " Par le Eoy. 



" Gratis. CliemalinP 



"When this passport was handed to me, T was given to under- 

 stand that everyone does not receive such a thing. Many people 

 have wondered over it. M. le Marquis, to whom I also showed 

 it, told me that although the passport only held good for three 

 months, it would nevertheless bring me back without trouble. 



I then began my journey to Calais. The fortresses between 

 Paris and Calais render a good passport necessary, especially iu 

 time of war ; but as a German I needed for nothing, and tra- 

 velled iu this dangerous war-time supplied with the best pass- 

 ports. I travelled quite alone with my small package on my 

 back, and feared nothing. 



I came first to Abbeville, where, according to custom, I was 

 immediately asked by the sentinel whence I came, 1 answered, 

 from Paris ; and he demanded my passport, which I refused to 

 give into the hands of a common soldier. Thereupon I was led, 

 with fixed bayonets, to the Governor, showed him my royal pass- 

 port, and was immediately set free. The next day 1 continued 

 my journey, and arrived safely at Calais. 



While in my autobiography I am still in Prance, I must add 

 one or two things of interest. 



M. Bernhard de Jussieutold me many times about the gardens 

 and plants which he had seen in England (a few years earlier), 

 and interested me much; at another time he told me how he 

 had seen the garden of Mr. CoUinson, where there were many 

 beautiful plants, particularly one which was quite new. Mr. Col- 

 liiison, who wished to know what it was, asked M. de Jussieu for 

 the name. He replied it was a new plant which he had never 

 seen. Mr. Collinson pressed him to give it a name, whereupon 

 he answered, " If I must do so, then let it be a Collinsonia." 

 This M. de Jussieu related to me. 



So I journeyed from Calais to London, and having a letter of 

 recommendation to Mr. Collinson, I was curious to see his garden, 

 and particularly the new Collinsonia. I related to him M. de 

 Oussieu's story, and the plant kept this name, through me, among 

 the botanists in England, notwithstanding that it had never been 

 published. 



