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only to say that everything you can send will be truly 
welcome. ur stock of Kuropean hardy plants 
(whether herbs or shrubs) is small, and consists of the 
commonest and oldest-fashioned things in cultivation. 
These, and every Californian, Oregon, and Texan plant 
of which you have duplicates to spare us (or seeds), 
whether hardy or not,—these are the plants I am 
just now most desirous to accumulate. Greenhouse 
plants are scarcely less weleome, but of those I will 
write more particularly hereafter. Can you send us 
a young Araucaria imbricata and Stuartia penta- 
gyna ? 
My plans for accumulating American plants were 
put in operation too late last autumn to give us much 
as yet, but my correspondents throughout the country 
seem interested in the matter; some will reach me this 
spring, and still more, I trust, in the autumn. With 
regard to all these, as soon as I see them growing, so 
that I can send them with authentic names, I shall 
most gladly share with you. . . . I shall continue to 
direct all my energies to the advancement of our 
amiable science in this country, not, I trust,in vain. I 
have a plan to publish, from time to time, figures 
of rare or interesting North American plants, chiefly 
those cultivated in our Garden and those upon which 
I may throw some light. I think there are persons 
enough here interested in the matter, including gen- 
tlemen of public spirit here who would encourage it 
for the Garden’s sake, to ihe defray the expense, 
which is all I desire or expect. . . 
What a charming place you ae be making of 
Kew! What a field for the botanist ! 
