of limes, beech woods, abounding with rare Or- 

 chidea, and a most beautiful surrounding country. 

 How can I bestow some of my leisure better than 

 in chatting with you, in reply to your kind letter of 

 the 21st of April? I wish you could know Sir 

 William* and Lady East, with whom I now am. I 

 think we have mentioned them to you before ; at 

 least we have made them well acquainted with you 

 by report. I am going with Lady East in search 

 of Monotropa Hypopitys, which I never yet saw 

 growing, but which I hear grows in the woods at 

 Bisham Abbey hard by, where the unfortunate Plan- 

 tagenets lie buried. Among them are the famous 

 Earl of Warwick, the king-maker, and the last Earl, 

 who died young in the Tower. There are no mo- 

 numents of them. The Abbey is now a house, in- 

 habited by Mr. Yansittart, whose charming daughter 

 married Mr. Augustus East, a son of my friend's. 

 They are now here, and we all botanize together in 

 the fields or gardens. 



I rejoice to hear of your intended botanical paper, 

 which I presume relates to natural systems, and to 

 Jussieu's especially. You threw out some excellent 

 hints once, which I have often regretted I did not 

 put down at the time. I am very anxious you 

 should pursue the subject : you will no doubt treat 

 Jussieu with the candour and respect he so highly 

 deserves. I had a letter from him lately, and an- 

 swered it. He is a very worthy, amiable character, 

 and I would not hurt him, though he in conversa- 



* A letter from this estimable friend is inserted page 108. 



