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At the close of this year another invoice will be 

 sent down to nic ; partly collected by my own peo- 

 ple, and partly by those of my valuable corre- 

 spondent and friend Mr. Robert Stuart, at present 

 acting British resident at the court of the Rajah of 

 Napal, of which, of course, a large proportion shall 

 be forwarded to you in due time. Besides the speci- 

 mens which I am daily receiving from thence, the 

 most astonishing treasures arc frequently sent to 

 me from Mr. R. Colquhoun*, from the province of 

 Kamaon ; from Dr. G. Govan, the intelligent su- 

 perintendent of the botanic garden at Sahrunpore; 

 from Dr. Gerard at Nahn, and other elevated tracts ; 

 from Captain Webb at Srinaghur, with whom also is 

 stationed a collecting party, which has within these 

 few days transmitted to me some very fine packets, 

 containing many of the beauties recorded in the sixth 

 volume of the Asiatic Researches, by my inestimable 

 benefactor and friend Colonel Hardwicke. 



From all these stupendously high countries bor- 

 dering on the snowy mountains, you may rest as- 

 sured that supplies shall be sent to you ; so that I 

 may indulge a hope that a number of new plants 

 may in time be added to your splendid herbarium, 

 " haud sine veneratione gumma adeundum," to use 

 the words of DeCandolle, in the preface to his 

 matchless work Hegni Veget. Syst. A 7 at., which I 

 had the happiness to receive yesterday from Mr. 

 Lambert. 



I ought not to omit mentioning two other sources ; 

 namely, the expedition of my excellent friend Dr. 

 Moorcroftjwhohas set out on an arduous tour to the 



* Now Sir R. Cnlquhoun, Bart, 



