95 



whole time in procuring whatever may be ordered. His name 

 is Young, and any letters for him inclosed to me will be taken 

 care of. I must beg that you would endeavor to inform me 

 on his account, what the prices of our several seeds are, or the 

 value of young plants of Loblolly Bay, Azalea, Umbrella Mag- 

 nolia, Beureria, Magnolia palustris, Halesia, Stuartia and such 

 like." 



The next reference to Young in the Linnaean Correspondence 

 is on page 522, where in a letter from Dr. Garden to John Ellis, 

 dated November 19, 1764, this is found: "Agreeably to your 

 desire, I have spoken to Mr. Young, and given him your direc- 

 tions and my best advice so that I doubt not but his seeds and 

 young plants will be good and his prices much lower." By this 

 time William Young was in England, for his sister Ann Christiana 

 (Leech) received a letter from him on February 23, 1765, in 

 which her brother refers to his good reception, his audience 

 with the King, with whom he conversed about the curiosities of 

 the American country. 



John Bartram was evidently a bit uneasy that his young 

 neighbor might supplant him in the favor of George the Third 

 and under date of October 16, 1764, he writes to Peter Collinson, 

 "Dear Peter: I sent by Captain Budden, by my neighbor 

 Young, my spring specimens and a vial of Chinquapins, to try 

 how they will do that way. Some think he will make such an 

 awkward appearance at court that he will soon come back again. 

 Others that the Queen will take care of the German gentleman. 

 I think that if he is put under Dr. Hill's care he will make a 

 botanist, as he is very industrious and hath a good share of 

 ingenuity." In May, 1765, Collinson in a letter to Bartram 

 refers to the Queen's protege: "I have not seen Young for some 

 time. I conclude he is prosecuting his botanic studies." 



With Collinson's next letter to Bartram, May 28, 1766, while 

 Young was still in England, we read : " My dear John : I wonder 

 thee should trouble thyself about the Queen, as she has Young, 

 and everything will be shown him. It cannot be expected he 

 will favour any one's interest but his own. He is now so new- 

 modelled and grown so fine and fashionable, with his hair curled 



