15 



The Thilco of Feuill^e is quoted in Kew. Cat. for 

 Fuchsia coccinea. I am not quite sure that it is the 

 same species. 



How you profane the cards of your good aunts 

 to write botany upon them ! What vile cards they 

 are! No. 15 is true Schcenus ferrifgineus, admira- 

 ble! Send! send! send! "The horseleech (saith the 

 Scripture) hath three daughters, crying Give ! give ! 

 give !" I am your horseleech. 



I am going to lose Francois, for a time at least; 

 his mother and brother are dead, and his friends 

 want him ; he longs to see home, but promises to 

 return. I shall certainly take him again, for I part 

 from him with great regret. He sets out for Milan 

 next week. 



I go to Matlock this summer. At Kew the beau- 

 tiful Fuchsia is multiplied without end, and Lee has 

 plenty of it ; it will soon be very common. 



I wish I could come with Mandrot to see you : I 

 live in hope, and am 



Yours, 



J. E. Smith. 



The Marchioness of Rockingham to J. E. Smith. 



Hillingdon, Sept. 19, 1789. 

 I was in hopes that Dr. Smith would have reached 

 Wentworth before the great bustle of preparation 

 began, that he might have had a quiet view of that 

 charming place, and the many things worthy of in- 

 spection there ; instead of which, I perceived from 

 your letter that your arrival was in the midst of 



