20 Mr. Faraday on the 



Baguley, Jan y . 25, 88. 

 Dear S*- 



I am very much obliged to you for your kind and very acceptable 

 Present ; to my Daughters it is particularly acceptable, as it will enable them 

 at some Entertainment to astonish, and outshine their neighbours ; But I 

 must beg of you to put some Limits to the Frequency and Variety of your 

 Presentments, or you will soon exhaust my Invention in varying the Modes of 

 expressing my Obligations to You for them. I had the Pleasure of hearing 

 from Mr. Wakefield that he wd certainly pay me a Visit at Baguley some Time 

 this Winter ; But if you have an Oppurtunity it will not be amiss to inform 

 Moreland, that Mrs. Egerton has expected him thisXmas at Withenshaw ; that 

 Mr. Egerton, Herself & young Mr. Tatton set out Yesterday for York, where 

 they purpose to stay ten or twelve Day, and that the Young Gentleman will 

 not remain at Withenshaw, after their Return, more than Week, wch will be 

 the only time that Moreland will have to finish his Picture. I fancy Mrs. 

 Egerton will let him know the Day of their Return, when that is precisely 

 fixed, but it may be of some Use to let him know beforehand abt what Time 

 that will be, that he may not make any other Engagemt whch may interfere 

 with it. 



All here join in wishing you many, many happy new Years with your most 

 obliged humble Servt. JOHN HOUGHTON. 



Your's & Mc Knivin's company will add much to my Pleasure, when our 

 common Friends favour me with theirs at Baguley. 



The following letter from Dr. (subsequently Sir) James 

 Edward Smith, the first President of the Linnean Society, 

 testifies to Mr. Philips's interest in botany and horticulture. 

 From subsequent allusions in the correspondence, I am 

 inclined to think that the inquiry had some relation to 

 the commercial use of the colour. It may, however, have 

 been preferred in the interest of some of Mr. Philips's 

 artist friends. Richard Pulteney, M.D., F.R.S., was the 

 author of " Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England, 

 from its Origin to the Introduction of the Linnean System," 

 published in London in two volumes in 1790: — 



London June 28. 1791. 

 Dear Sir 



I ought to have answered y- favor long ago, but I flattered myself with 

 being able to find some way of sending you some of Sowerby's red col r - He 

 does not seem to wish to keep it a secret but will send you some, if you will 

 accept it, & an ace 1 - of what it is. How shall it be conveyed ? He says 

 however the great effect is owing to the manner in which it is used. However, 

 I know he will tell you all in his power. — Dr. Pulteney is much obliged to you 



