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they might: when I get among them, the experi- 
ment will not be expensive. I wish to know what 
species you are most desirous of, besides that one 
already mentioned. The latter expedient which 
you mention, I should prefer; I mean, having them 
sketched on the spot, and sent with dried speci- 
mens ; but that, I fear, is impracticable, as Mr. Pen- 
nant’s draughtsman lives between fifty and sixty 
miles from the scene of action. 
I beg, Sir, you will be assured, that I shall think 
no commission of yours a trouble, but shall be 
happy to promote so elegant and desirable a work 
as the English Botany, or any other that you in- 
terest yourself in. 
I lately left Mr. Pennant in good health. I am 
much affected at your account of Mr. Hudson and 
Mr. Zier. 
Iam, dear Sir, with great esteem and regard, 
Your much obliged, 
Hueu Davies. 
Marquis of Blandford to J. E. Smith. 
Dear Sir, Bill Hill, Aug. 9, 1798. 
I have been spending the last fortnight at Ly- 
mington, and did not lose the opportunity of 
searching for some of the rarer English maritime 
plants, as well as those that prefer a boggy soil. 
The principal plants I collected were, Lnula crith- 
moides, salt marshes near Lymington ; Chironia 
pulchella (vide Engl. Bot.), on a dry sea-beach near 
