278 THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORGE DON. 
POS ESCRIL#: 
The foregoing sheets had gone to press when Miss M‘Nab, with 
whom I was in communication regarding incidents in the life of her 
grandfather, William M‘Nab, and of her father, James M‘Nab, both 
former chiefs of the Garden staff, brought to my notice some corre- 
spondence that had been in the possession of her father between Dr. 
Neill and George Don, the son of the Forfar Botanist. The 
letters, with which is preserved the manuscript of Dr. Neill’s 
biographical notice of George Don (No. 19 of the bibliographical 
list on page 91 of these “ Notes”), show us Dr. Neill at the work of 
preparing this notice, and add to the information conveyed in Mr. 
Druce’s Memoir. By the kind permission of Miss M‘Nab I am 
enabled to reproduce them here :— 
Dr, Neill to George Don (son of the Forfar Botanist).’ 
Geo. Don, Esq., 44 Bedford Place, Kensington. 
Edin’, ist Feb. 1848. 
Dear George,—I long to hear it goes well with you and your 
beothees. since I parted ou you in the end of August, already 
nearly half a year ago. I a letter and some seeds from Patrick 
since he went to Tooting viursen tae and wrote an apology for not 
cree for him. I hope you are trying to o find a good on -mceyc for 
him. Are James and Charles still i in the same situations 
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assistant to the ee of Botany there ;—but he never did so; it 
was your brother David who ame — at the lectures in 
Glasgow. He alleges that from Glasgow Mr. Don went to 
Edinburgh, where Messrs. Dickson futradhibed him to Sir J. E. 
Smith &c.; whereas, he went to Forfar from Glasgow, and took a 
long lease fom Gray of Carse of Dovecot hill, and it was Mr. John 
‘The manuscript of this, in Dr. Neill’s writing, is a draft of the letter and 
