1789.] TO HUMPHRY MARSHALL. 549 



thee last year,* and might sooner have done it, had I been careful. 

 However, it has gone but to thyself, except lately, by the name 

 of Poly gala, to Sir Joseph Banks. 



The Plumed Andromeda, of Bartbam, is the Cyrilla. The 

 Franklinia, I believe, is a species of Gordon/". 



I am much pleased with Walter's Flora, which appears to be 

 well executed. Every addition to botanical knowledge will always 

 prove acceptable. 



DR. LETTSOM TO H. MARSHALL. 



London, Feb. 2, 1789. 



Esteemed Friend : 



I write now to acknowledge the receipt of thy letter of Novem- 

 ber last, and to add that yesterday the box was safely landed ; and, 

 on a cursory inspection, the plants contained seem healthy. 



At the expense of much labour and money, I have brought some 

 fine bog earth on my premises which your countrymen thrive best 

 in ; and I hope soon to possess an ample collection of them. 



I am obliged to thee for thy intention of increasing my Ameri- 

 cans, as opportunity may offer. Fraser, to whom a few of us in 

 London subscribed an annual sum, has not answered our expecta- 

 tions. His catalogue, enclosed, are the seeds and plants of his own 

 property. His subscribers, at least I had very few indeed. 



I would observe that the plants sent by thee, in the Pigou, whose 

 numbers are fastened with wire, answered effectually to distinguish 

 the shrubs, and this plan should be continued. 



I am thy friend, 



J. C. Lettsom. 



I shall pay thy draft, when I receive it. 



JOHN JACKSONf TO H. MARSHALL. 



Esteemed Friend, Humphry Marshall : 



I herewith send thy brush by the bearer, Caleb Harlan, being 

 the first opportunity. Mind not the cost until I see thee. I hai e 



* The proposed Lettsomia, which proved to be a Polygala. About seven years 

 afterwards, a Peruvian shrub was dedicated to Dr. Lettsom, by the Spanish bo- 

 tanists, Roiz and Pa von. 



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