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-* months sooner than I expected, and therefore you may conceive, 
.* T was, and still am, much hurried. Here are abou ‘Bread-fruit 
be plants thriving, with the other ‘Otaheite fruits and deem Swi and | 
* several from "Timor and other P pee I sent o e 400 
“ interests he has constantly had at heart. pue diti a "ue a ~— a 
* of it. Pray give me your opinion of it as. s you 
“ I found it on an island in the River Esse vibo (British Guira]. Ec 
* you find it new, please publish it in your Society’ : ae sehr: as I à 
wish to pay a compliment to the General before he : 
The plant above mentioned was Melvilla og weeds described. 
in the Journal of Arts and Sciences. It was afterwards figured and. 
described in the Botanical ni SE 852, as. soris Melvilla, Lal. : 
lt is now known under t m 
During the bien period ot. the hei beue the French ant the d 
Caribs, St. Vincent was precarious condition. 
Anderson (May 13, 1795), ater describing h "his wine :-—** this spot is 
pesti beautifi and would bé in England," iier, “the 
“ garden is p^ safe and Soxdishlág'; duringPthe day I remain in it | d 
Anderson's correspon dence with Fo appears to have ceased 
this time (1795). He survived, reson the troubles of the war, and in — — 
1802, seven years later, wrote several very interesting letters des escriptive Mn 
of the work carried on in the garden, two of which , quoted from thé — 
Transactions of the Society of Arts, are given in full in + Guilding’s 
book These were practically his last official communicatio ne en 





Mr. Guilding' 8 Account continues : — 
“Mr. Lochead di dr not long remain in i3 teat te a. bis situation : 
March 1815 "he : j n 
"widow, assisted by Mr. Billinghurst, was allowed to remain 
usual salary for nearly a year and a half, and the duties were performed : 
by Mr. Herbert, au PE man, well qualified for the task. - 
 *It now became necessary that a successor should be appointed. 



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