432 DR. JOHN HOPE [1763. 



dr. solander to john bartram. 



Sir : 



Mr. ILeggblad, that delivers this letter, is a Swedish clergy- 

 man, that proposes to stay among you for some time. He is a 

 lover of Natural Philosophy, and goes now into a country so well 

 known to you, that nobody's friendship can be to more advantage 

 to him than yours. I therefore will make myself so free, and beg 

 the favour that you will give him advice how he best may employ 

 the hours he can spend, in collecting plants, insects, and other 

 curiosities. 



How much I have been delighted in looking over the specimens 

 you last sent to Mr. Collinson, I shall tell you in a letter that I 

 intend to write next week. At the same time, our mutual friend, 

 Mr. Collinson, likewise proposes to send you a letter. 



Just now, at present, I am so hurried, that I have no more time 

 than only to recommend the above-mentioned clergyman to your 

 friendship, and to assure you that I always with great regard, 

 remain, 



Your most affectionate and sincere friend, 



Daniel C. Solander. 



London, July the 1st, 1763. 



dr. john hope* to john bartram. 



Sir: 



The great reputation which you have justly acquired, by many 

 faithful and accurate observations, and that most extraordinary 

 thirst of knowledge which has distinguished you, makes me ex- 

 tremely desirous of your correspondence. 



If you will be so kind as send me a few seeds of your new dis- 

 covered plants, I shall on my part make a return of whatever is in 

 my power, that I shall judge agreeable to you. 



* John Hope was Professor of Botany at Edinburgh, and died in the year 1786. 

 " This gentleman (says the Botanical Editor of Rees's Cyclopaedia, Art. Hopea,) 

 richly deserves commemoration, as being one of the earliest lecturers on Vegetable 

 Physiology, as well as an experienced practical botanist. Those who knew his 

 personal merits, will readily accede to anything that may serve to embalm so 

 worthy a name." 



