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know hirn. I happened not to be at home, so could not inquire 

 what scheme he is upon." 



At the end of 1766, Young returned to Philadelphia, more "fine 

 and fashionable " than ever. "I am surprised," writes Bartram 



Dec. 5th, 1767, " that Young is come back so soon. He cuts 



me — pretends a great respect for me. He i 

 in the Carolinas; saith there is three hun_ 

 annually settled upon him. But Captain Chancelor 

 stories of him : that he was put in prison, from whence he was 

 taken by two officers, and put on board ship ; but his friends 

 utterly deny it. It's pity but the truth was known, and the lying 

 party snubbed." Collinson in reply (Feb. 10, 1767) says:—" I 

 believe there is too much truth in what the Captain says about 

 Young. He may live to repent his folly and extravagance. Such 

 imty lost is never to be regained, unless he has better 

 fortune than he deserves. As a friend, I advised him often to 

 economy and industry, and not sacrifice everything to his pleasures; 

 tor I foresaw, by his way of going on, how it must end; for I knew 



5fe?? u S by no means su PP° r t his expensive way of living." 



With this Young drops out of the correspondence. The dedi- 

 cation of his "Natural History of Plants" gives us the date of his 

 leaving England for Philadelphia (Aug. 21, 1766); and, in the face 

 of Collinson s remarks, we shall not be far wrong in reading in that 

 dedication a plea for a continuance of the favour which he must 

 have felt m danger of losing. In 1768 he returned to England, 

 bringing with him, as has already been mentioned (p. 332), a large 

 number^ of plants of Dioncea. -We are indebted to Mr. William 



pvwL S T " t0 whom likewise the Ro ? al favour tas been 



extended, for his encouragement in his botanical researches in 

 America for the introduction of this curious plant alive and in 

 considerable quantities." On this introduction indeed, Young's 

 fame chiefly rested, and it is in connection with it thai ; we find the 

 latest reference to him in print. Hill (Decade, &c , p 9 (1753) ), 

 writ^ 



Young, to whom the King is pleased to allow a pension for his 

 ^hadT^ S AmedCa ' ^ t0M ° Ur ^ondLing gardeners 

 lookVl on t TA ? he ?T-f a Wlth LeaveS three inc *es long; 'twas 



S^Yotl-^ HVing PkntS ™ ^"er^caTe S 



ie of ilpn L TP f°i ^? rtr r s in tbe Department of Botany- 



Maiestii S V\ n am Y °^ g Stiles himself B o^ist to their 

 Majesties the K mg and Queen of Gt. Britain." We are inclined to 



* Dioncea, p. 38. 



