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I can be said lately to have found one whom I have 

 known so long in his writings, and to whom I have 

 been indebted for much pleasure and some improve- 

 ment. 



Towards the beginning of October, our curator 

 Mr. Shepherd will, I presume, make his excursion to 

 look through the nurseries of London, and is highly 

 pleased with the thoughts of seeing you at Norwich 

 on his return. I believe no person living will re- 

 gard the sacred relics of Linnaeus with greater ve- 

 neration than this uneducated son of the art. We 

 have lately devoted a day to the examination of the 

 Pancratiums, Crinums, and Amaryllises, and have 

 found it a subject not without difficulty. I shall 

 only observe, that the plant which we saw at Lord 

 Derby's, which is now in flower with me, and which 

 I called the Crinum americanam, is, I believe, the 

 C. latifolium of Linnaeus, — the Amaryllis laiifolia 

 of L'Heritier, — which I mention only for the pur- 

 pose of correcting my own mistake. 



Whilst debarred of your society, I shall enjoy the 

 prospect and possibility of seeing you for a few 

 days at Norwich, and extending still further those 

 attachments of which I find myself yet susceptible, 

 among those connexions and friends whom you 

 have already taught me to esteem. 



And now, my dear Sir, I have only at present to 

 say, that if I thought our epistolary intercourse 

 were to close with the interchange of a letter, I 

 should be highly mortified. I well know the mul- 

 tiplicity of your avocations, and should be truly 

 sorry to intrude on them : nor am I in general a very 



