them to the Columbian Institute, to be propagated and 

 cultivated in their Botanic Garden; for which the ground 

 is now properly prepared. 



The climate of Washington, is also, it is believed, 

 excellently adapted to naturalize almost every foreign 

 plant that is capable of being brought to maturity in this 

 country; and from thence they may be transferred to ev- 

 ery part of the nation. 21 



Through the efforts of Secretary Rush and the Intel- 

 ligencer, the objectives of the Institute quickly became well 

 publicized and widely known. During the next several 

 months, it received several letters accompanied by plants 

 and seeds in response to Rush's letter and Staughton's 

 collection instructions. Those responses, arranged in chrono- 

 logical order, are as follows: 



1. October 20, 1827. F. Leandro de Sacranto of Brazil sent 

 the following species: Artocarpus incisa, Araucaria 

 imbricata, Myrtus lucida, Myrtus jaboticaba, Myrtus 

 lambuca, Annona squamosa, Eugenia jambos, and Petroa 

 exelubilis. 22 



2. November 23, 1827. Mr. J. L. Smith of Pennsylvania 

 sent seeds of the Litchi (Litchi chinensis), which he said 

 were personally collected in China. 



3. December 14:, 1827. The records include only the first 

 page of this letter; thus, the source is unknown. The 

 writer stated that he had forwarded the Institute's cir- 

 cular to Charles L. Bonoparte, Prince of Marigana. 

 As a result, the Prince sent the Institute grains of Ory- 

 za mutica, a rice of which, according to the letter, the 

 "Chinese are jealous/' 



4. January 6, 1828. Mr. J. L. Cry sent seeds of Quachita 

 lettuce collected near the Quachita River. 



21 The Columbian Institute, National Intelligencer, November 30, 1827, 

 p. 2. 



22 Artocarpus incisa (syn: A. altilis) is commonly known as breadfruit; 

 Araucaria imbricata (syn: A. araucana) is known as the monkey-puzzle tree; 

 the three Myrtus species appear to be of no current botanical standing. 

 They are probably misnamed species or cultivars of myrtle. Annona 

 squamosa is commonly called sugar or custard apple. Eugenia jambos (syn: 

 Syzygium jambos) is commonly called rose apple or malabar plum. Petroa 

 exelubilis is a name of no current botanical standing. 



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