Letter from ]0W\ HVKLYX ^ SAMUHL V\-VX% dated 

 from Says Court ^ \st September^ 1686, addressed 



For Mr. Secretary Pepys, &c., 

 At the Admiralty in 



Yorke buildings. 



Sr, 



When I had last the honor to see & to dine w^'' you, 

 there was a Captaine (multorum mores hominum qui vidit 

 et urbes) who going to comand some forces in New-England, 

 was so generous, as to offer me his assistance, in procuring 

 for me, anything which I thought curious, & rare among 

 the plants of those Countries. The Ingenuity, & extra- 

 ordinary Industie of the Gent: bv what I both learn'd 

 from the Character you gave of him, & what I myselfe 

 could observe in so short a time; together with your interest 

 in him ; makes me not willing to omitt so favourable an 

 opportunitie, of putting this Note into his hands, thro 

 yours : and that if it may comply with his diversion, when 

 he is in the Countrie, to collect any of these (or other) natural 

 productions of the Vegetable Kingdome : You (who lirst 

 were pleas'd, to recomend me to him) will give him leave 

 they may be sent, & consigned under your auspicious 

 name, to 



S'- 



S: Court 



2'1: Sep'-: -86. 



most humble, & 

 continualy Obligd Servant 



J. EVELYN. 



Plants of New England & Virginia known by these 

 names : — 

 N : Engl : 



I. The White Cedar The Seedes onely 



2. Cedar of N: England 



3. Larch-tree ... 



4. Lime-tree 



5. Hemlock-tree 



6. Poplar or Tulip tree 



Seedes 



Seedes & plants 

 Seedes & plants 

 Seedes & plants 

 Seedes & plants 

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