1793.] TO HUMPHRY MARSHALL. .,,;.- 



DR. M. MARSHALL TO SIR JOS. BANKS- 



Philadelphia, Nov. 10th, 1791. 



Sir Joseph Banks: 



Your letter of 2d March last came duly to hand. In compliance 

 with the order thereto annexed, I have now shipped, per Pigou, 

 Capt. Loxley, a box of plants, being as nearly conformable to 

 order, as could at this time be executed. 



My attention has been diverted considerably, this summer, from 

 botanical pursuits. I have, therefore, no specimens collected, 

 having observed nothing new, except the small one inclosed. 



The leaf you enclosed, desiring a specimen, is, I believe, a spe- 

 cies of Ophrys, say hyemalis. I could not procure a flowering 

 stem. 



Astragalus Qaroliniensis I am not possessed of. The Podo- 

 phyllum dijphyllum [Jeffersonia~] grows in great plenty, about two 

 hundred and fifty miles to the westward, and not nigher, I believe. 



I remain, with respect, &c, 



M. M. 



If there are any particular objects you wish to be furnished with, 



or region of America you wish to be explored, I shall probably be 

 at leisure one other summer. 



SIR JOSEPH BANKS TO HUMPHRY MARSHALL. 



Soho Square, Aug. 28tb, 1793. 



Sir: 



The Baron Itzenplitz, who writes to you with this letter, is a 

 particular friend of mine, and has opened a correspondence with 

 you at my desire. You will find him a man of probity in his deal- 

 ings, on whom you may fully depend, a paymaster in whatever he 

 may order from you; and I should think it probable, if you oblige 

 him, that he may have it in his power to recommend you to much 



business in Germany. 



Your humble servant, 



Jos. Banks. 

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