TO DR. R. WIGHT. 



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place them in a small box, and send by post. Several small 

 packages are much better than one large one, fine (pepper) cuttings 

 would I am sure, reach us safely in the rains, packed in sand, 

 sawdust or moss. 



Can you send me some Senna seeds, as I have had several appli- 

 cations for some. I was not a little astonished last Thursday, to hear 

 from the Deputy Governor, that the Hon'ble Court have in the most 

 flattering way, ordered that while in AfFghanisthan, I shall receive my 

 old allowances of 1,000 a mouth ; whereas at the utmost, I only re- 

 ceived 470, including expense of collecting etc. This for thirty-two 

 months, amounts to a round sum ! to which has to be added, 3,200 Rs. 

 retrenched during the last year to make up for the sum I was 

 supposed to have over drawn beyond Assistant Surgeons pay. 

 I hope therefore to receive 13,000 Rs. at the minimum. Out 

 of evil comes good ! You may fancy the importance of this 

 boon, as it not only makes me independent, but enables me to go 

 home if necessary. Otherwise on being relived from this, I should 

 only have received 256 Rs., out of which, 200 would have been 

 retrenched ; and at Malacca I should have 400 Rs. minus 200; nor 

 would this have been over for three years !. I intend by the Affghan. 

 Catalogue Report, Drawings, Charts, etc. to make the best return in 

 my power for the liberality of the Court. 



I have just received a long letter from my kind friend Professor 

 Von Martlus, but it contains no news. I hope my next paper on 

 Azolla, will excite great attention among Philosophical botanists. 



When I obtain the arrears sanctioned by the Court of Directors, 

 I will order a first rate microscope, with all the most recent appa. 

 ratus ; a science that has got me on so well, deserves all efforts from 

 me. I am now quite pleased at the thought of going to Malacca ; 

 The Agri-Hort, Socy. propose to print my Catalogue of the plants in 

 the Garden ; though the names are incorrect, yet the plants are 

 known by them here ; before, not one knew whether there were, 

 1, or 100,000 plants in the garden. 



I have added numbers of new plants since I have been here. 



Your Hydrobrium is a new genus of Podostemeag !. I thought it 

 looked different from Podostemon. It is a most marked one, hav- 

 ing three sepals ! three free alternant stamina ! ! and a trivalved 

 fruit. 



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