1751.] t0 john bart ram. 367 



Dear Sir : 



I received yours, in which you complain that you had neither 

 received any letter from me, nor any account of the seeds you sent 

 me, which I am surprised at ; I having wrote you a letter par- 

 ticularly for three boxes of seeds the last year, of which I have 

 received only two. * * * 



* * * You must excuse me, if I do not write to 

 you so often and fully as I would incline to do. I have had so 

 much business of that kind upon my hands, since I came to Eng- 

 land, that I have contracted a disorder by it, which makes me 

 unable to pursue it any longer, or even to sit down to write a 

 letter, especially that requires any thought, without being sensibly 

 the worse for it. I hope, however, to be able, some time or other, 

 to make amends for my omissions of this kind. 



We have had two great losses, lately, in Planting and Botany, in 

 England, which will hardly be repaired, I am afraid, and are 

 rather greater than the loss they sustained by the death of Lord 

 Petre. 



The Duke of Richmond, and the Prince of Wales, are sus- 

 pected both to have lost their lives by it, by being out in their 

 gardens, to see the work forwarded, in very bad weather. The 

 Prince of Wales whose death you will hear of by these ships 

 manifestly lost his life by this means. He contracted a cold, by 

 standing in the wet to see some trees planted, (through a sort of 

 obstinacy against any precautions of that kind, which it seems the 

 whole family are blamed for,) which brought on a pleurisy, that he 

 died of, lately. 



If anything occurs worthy your notice, I shall consider of it, at 

 more leisure, by next opportunity. 



I am, sir, your most humble servant. 



John Mitchell. 



London, March 30th, 1751. 



PETER KALM* TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



Because I have an opportunity of writing to you, sir, I would 



* Peter Kalm, a celebrated naturalist, and pupil of LmsMva, was a native of 

 Finland, born in the year 1715. Having imbibed a taste for the study of Natural 

 History, he pursued his inclination with much zeal and industry. His reputation 

 as a naturalist caused him to be appointed Professor at Abo ; and in October, 



