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versary of the Royal Society ; I often caught his 
eye upon “ the Bishop’s wig.” 
Yours, 
SAMUEL CaRLISLE. 
From the same. 
My dear Sir, Rose Castle, June 20, 1810. 
I had a brother who formerly lived at Hurley, 
close by Sir William East’s. I have been hospi- 
tably received there, as I believe everybody is. I 
have the pleasure to tell you that the young folks 
after whom you make inquiry (I mean the Carna- 
tions) are alive and merry: I managed them myself, 
keeping them in their original ball of earth wrapped 
up In newspapers, and keeping the whole constantly 
moistened with water. I remember once keeping 
roots of Ligusticum cornubiense in the same man- 
ner for a month before I could get home and plant 
them: they lived for years ; and perhaps they may 
be in existence now at Bulstrode, where I left them 
in the poor Duchess’s time, and saw them after- 
wards growing year after year. How the name of 
Bulstrode agitates my mind ! 
Monotropa hypopithys certainly used to grow in 
Bisham woods. The Rev. Sir Henry Parker sent 
it to me from thence many years ago, when I was 
a young botanist. I was down in Cumberland time 
enough this year to see Primula farinosa in great 
abundance, lining our road-sides, and in our mea- 
dows. I have brought some roots into my garden. 
