434 DR. JOHN HOPE ["1765. 



at Edinburgh, and those in Georgia and East and West Florida 

 with a protection from hard frost. 



I have now sent, as a present, for thy curious amusement, one 

 hundred specimens, some rare, with my remarks upon them, and 

 to your new garden a parcel of curious seeds, near one hundred 

 and fifty different species ; and our friend, Mr. Franklin, engaged 

 me to send you a box of forest trees and shrubs, in which I am 

 going to pack above one hundred different kinds, and send them 

 in the next ship for London, which will sail in three weeks. 



In the box of seeds I have put a capsula of the true Colocasia 

 [Nelumbium luteum, WillcL], with some nuts, just gathered. Plant 

 them in Avet mire ; they will not live anywhere else. The stalk 

 and leaves grow five feet high, and often that depth in water. 



DR. JOHN HOPE TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



Sir: 



I was favoured with your letter of the 4th of October, and soon 

 thereafter had the pleasure of receiving the small box of seeds and 

 specimens of rare plants, which you was so good as to send me, 

 and for which I heartily thank you, and shall be very glad of an 

 opportunity of testifying my sense of your kindness. 



The Society which was established here about a twelvemonth ago 

 for importing foreign seeds, has it chiefly in view T to import the 

 seeds of useful trees, and in the second place ornamental shrubs. 



As the members of this Society reside in very different and dis- 

 tant parts of Scotland, it is impracticable to attempt the importation 

 of young trees or shrubs, and on this and other accounts have 

 entirely laid aside all thoughts of importing them, confining them- 

 selves entirely to the importation of seeds. 



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As there is annually a ship or ships loaded with lintseed, which 

 come from Pennsylvania to Leith, or some other port of Scotland, 

 you will have an easy opportunity of sending such seeds as are 

 ready at the departure of these ships. * * * If it 



is not inconvenient, we would be glad to have specimens of the 

 wood of every tree of which you send us seeds ; and you have an 

 easy way of executing this, by making the tops, bottoms, sides, 

 and divisions of the boxes of different wood, numbering each with 



