JOHN MACKAY’s LETTERS. 33 
The bearer of this, my friend Mr. Good'!, our countryman, also 
may be able to give you more news. He is to accompany you, 
and is a very pleasant, unassuming young man. Ever since I had 
the pleasure of knowing him have entertained a very good 
opinion of him, and do not know one better qualified for the 
office [ understand he is to hold, and should warmly recommend 
him to your attention. 
Messrs. Fife, Ar. Bruce, Henderson, seedman, and other friends 
here desires to be kindly remembered to you, in hopes you will 
find it convenient to correspond. With best wishes for your 
welfare, | remain, with much goodwill, 
Dear Sir, sincerely yours, 
(Signed) JOHN MACKAY. 
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Mr. Bro 
at Sit J faci Banks, 
Soho Square, 
London. 
To the President and Council of the Linnean Society I am 
indebted for the permission to publish the following letters from 
the Winch Correspondence preserved by the Society. Although 
Mackay was so frequent a correspondent of Sir James E. Smith, 
not one of his letters is to be found in the Smith Correspondence 
now in the possession of the Linnean Society. The publication 
of the correspondence with Mr. Winch is of some importance on 
account of the localities of Scottish plants it records :— 
- John Mackay to N. J. Winch. 
Botanic Garden, Leithwalk, Novr. 21st, 1800. 
Dr Sir,—-Your esteem‘ favour of the 27th Ult® I received 
and assure you few things afford me more pleasure than a new 
Botanical correspondant. I have annexed a list of my Desiderata 
any of which will be very acceptable particularly those mark“ thus 
+) and which are mentioned as growing near you—most of the 
other British plants I now am, or expect soon to be in possession 
of, and will be happy to send you any of them you may want. 
Though I wish much to have a full collection of growing Plants 
"Peter Good fee as gardener Robert Brown on Flinder’s 
voyage.—J. B. 
Cc 
