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next morning, without saying a word to anyone, off I set wie no clothes, except 
5 above my back, and with thirteen half-pence in my рос I fo I 
о E o Richmond, and I accordingly went on from place to anog Pn e em my w. d 
thit 
* * * * * * 
“ The singularity of my ine os simplicity of my manner, my confidence so 
lively air, and doubtless his o mpassion besides, pps е ам ages who w 
a Sco otsman, to give me vi diaais, © me lodging, and s And roe 
ed this period that I was at Kew that the present King К William IV.) laughed 
: me i ge жетек of my dress, while I was sweeping the grass-plot round the foot of 
the Pagod 
Davip NELSON. 
In the latter part of the century, the Kew collectors follow one 
another in pretty rapid succession. Another gardener, David Nelson, 
was assistant botanist on Cook’s third voyage (1776-1779). Subse- 
quently he went with Captain Bligh in the * Bounty " on the voyage to 
the South Seas for the саф зч of introducing the bread-fruit tree into 
the West Indies. He was among those i n by the mutinous erew 
and died from the long кетте after reaching Timor in 1789. 
elson had as an assistant William Bios; described as a “ direi 
They were both *skilful and careful men ointed at Sir 
ap 
“ Joseph Bank's recommendation." But while Nelson stuck to Bligh, 
-— ur oo with the mutineers. His history is otherwise 
unkno 
Bligh ç states that the expedition was undertaken from 
“the King having been graciously pleased to comp ly with a request from the 
merchants and planters interested in His Majesty’s West Indian possessions, that 
the bread-fruit tree might be introduced into those islands.’ 
On arriving at Timor (Voyage, p. 239) :— 
* I requested in one of my first visits to the eet that Nelson might have 
permission to walk about the country in se p of plants, which was readily granted, 
with an offer of whatever assistance I should think Жел, and the Governor 
i ; for 
Nels dora who since we left New Holland, had been of a weak condition, about 
this time was taken ill, in consequence of a cold nd by impradently lea off 
warm clothing." 
І?һегійег == the famous genus Eucalyptus on E. obliqua а 
species which he figured in the **Sertum Anglicun,” and which had 
been found + Nelson i in Van Dieman's Land. It was first introduced, 
however, into ЧӨ тез ә by Capt. Qe in 1774, who commanded 
the * Adventure " in е: second voy Š 
Virus Pantaleon Hove, M.D., a Po на, was Я by Sir Joseph ` 
Kew to collet planted in аы 1787-9 2 
FLOWERING OF ORCHIDs, 
John Smith (Records, p. 228) quotes Sir James Smith :— 
* We have scarcely seen any one species of this gonne reaa]; — ina 
dry state, Баб. Oe year 1787, when Æ. cochleatum red at Kew was it 
ti October 1788, that Е’. fragrans of Swartz exhibits its жү айю" апа slam bloom 
At present, several species are to be seen flowering in 
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