tunately lie soon died while going up tlie river, not, however, 

 before he had enriched his country with several new and 

 interesting plants. 



Afterwards Mr. John Potts, on the recommendation of the 

 Society, was sent out to China and the East Indies by the 

 East India Company. His health not standing the climate, he 

 returned to this country, but only to die. Mr. John Dampier 

 Parks was next sent to China. He received much assistance 

 from Mr. Eeeves, and his mission proved viseful. 



In 1823, Mr. David Douglas was engaged on the recom- 

 mendation of Professor Hooker of Glasgow, now Sir William 

 Jackson Hooker, of Kew. It was at first intended to despatch 

 Douglas to colleot in ChUi, but the disturbed state of the country 

 there at that time caused this idea to be abandoned, and not to 

 lose his services he was sent, as a temporary employment, to 

 North America instead, to collect fruit-trees for the Garden at 

 Chiswick. In this he was very successful, having been very 

 cordially received by the fruit-cultivators in North America, 

 who for the most part liberally supplied him with every variety 

 he wished, and enabled a very correct estimate to be made 

 of the fruit-trees cultivated in America, and a comparison 

 instituted with those of our own country. 



In 1824 he was sent to explore the Oregon territory and the 

 Eiver Columbia, the Hudson's Bay Company, as always, lending 

 their hberal and powerful aid where it could be of service, and 

 here he continued until the year 1830. Mr. Douglas's explora- 

 tions here were undoubtedly the most useful and profitable, as 

 well as successful, of any undertaken by the Society. The 

 country was new and contained a vast number of unknown 



