1792.] TO DR. M. MARSHALL. .-,7; 



I intend, please God, to be down your way this day a fortnight, 

 on a journey to Philadelphia; and hope then to Bee you, and spend 

 a few hours or more with you. 



If you could spare me a plant of what your uncle calls Sedum 

 verticillatumij I would be very glad to have it in my garden. It 

 is a fine little plant. 



Give my best respects to Mr. Humphri Marshall, and belii 

 me to be with great esteem, 



Sir, your humble servant, 



Henry Mi hlenbers. 



Lancaster, April 9, 1792. 



WILLIAM HAMILTON* TO H. MARSHALL. 



The Woodlands, November 22d, ; 



Dear Sir : 



I herewith return, with many thanks, the draft you were so 

 obliging as to send me. I fully intended myself the pleasure of 

 delivering it, myself, at Bradford; but was detained so much 

 longer at Lancaster than I expected, that the moment I finished 

 my business there, I was fain to hurry home with all possible ex- 

 pedition. I came through from Strasburg to the Woodlands in 

 one day. 



I was truly sorry that I did not see you when you- were last at 

 Philadelphia. I hope, the next time you come down, you will give 

 me a call. If I can tempt you no other way, I promise t<i show 

 you many plants that you have never yet seen, some of them 



curious. 



I am, dear sir, with truth, 



Your real friend and humble servant, 



W. Hamilton. 



* William Hamilton, Esq., was long and well known to the lovers of Nature, 

 his public-spirited exertions in introducing and cultivating rare and beautiful plant-, 

 at his elegant residence, called " The Woodlands," on the right bank of the Schuyl- 

 kill, near Philadelphia. During a tour in Europe, he collected many curious ex- 

 otics, which he brought home with him : among others, the once favourite tree 

 the " Lombardy Poplar" {Populus dilatata, Ait.) was introduced by him, in the 



year 1784. 



Mr. Hamilton died in the beginning of June, 1813. Since his death the 

 " Woodlands" have been appropriated to the sacred purpose of a cemetery; an. I. 

 certainly, it would be difficult to find a more beautiful place for a " city of the 

 dead." 



