368 PETER KALM [1749. 



have the honour to tell you, that I now have come here to Quebec. 

 I do now send my servant-man from me to Philadelphia, to gather 

 there seeds of all trees and herbs he can find, or which I have 

 found there before. 



I am obliged to stay here myself to the middle of September, to 

 have several seeds, which not can be ripe before ; and when I have 

 gathered them, I think to retourn from hence, and will have the 

 honour to see you in the beginning or middle of October. 



I have found great many trees and plants, which I not have 

 seen before ; but you have in Pensylvania, too, great many trees 

 and herbs, that do not grow here : Poplar, Sweet and Sour Gum, 

 Laurel, Chesnut, Mulberry trees, Black Walnut, Sassafras, Mag- 

 nolia, and great many others you can't find here. The Oaks of 

 all sorts have taken leave, only some small shrubs of Black Oak 

 do grow here by this town. 



I have made great many observations in all parts of the Natural 

 History. If you do see Mr. Evans, pray remember my most 

 humbly duty to him, and tell him that I hope to satisfy his 

 curiosity in true maps of Canada : but the map of Canada he was 



1747, he set out upon his travels, sailing from Gottenburg for America, where . 

 he arrived the ensuing year. 1 Having spent two or three years in travelling 

 through Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, and the adjacent Provinces, he re- 

 turned to his Professorship at Abo, in 1751. His discoveries in Botany materially 

 enriched the Species Plantarum of his great master. Professor Kalm's travels in 

 America have been published in English, and are quite interesting ; though he 

 seems to have been remarkably credulous ; and moreover, it is alleged, has taken 

 to himself the credit of some discoveries which rightfully belonged to John Bar- 

 traji. He departed this life in the year 1779, aged 64. His name has become 

 enduringly associated with a genus of our most elegant evergreen Shrubs. 



a Air. Kalm came to America by way of England, whence he brought the follow- 

 ing letter of introduction ; for a copy of which, the editor is indebted to E. D. 

 Ingraham, Esq. 



"To Ben. Franklin, Philadelphia. 



"London, June 14, 1748. 



" Friend Franklin : 



" The bearer, Mr. Kalm, is an ingenious man, and comes over on purpose to 

 improve himself in all rational inquiries. He is a Swede per nation ; and is, as 

 I am informed, employed by the Academy of Upsal to make observations on the 

 pts of the world. I recommend him to thy favour and notice. By him I send 

 the first volume of the Voyage to Discover Northwest Passage. I hope the 

 pacquet, &c, sent under the care of Hunt and Greenleaf is come safe to hand. 



" I am thy sincere friend, 



"P. Collinson." 



