174 $ ir Hans Sloane to Mr. Ray; 



tion all the Varieties of the Harts-TriguM*, for In- 

 fhnce, to be found in any Catalogue, or Garden j 

 and fo of all other Herbs : For it will much pleafe the 

 Humours of Men* and the Pofleffbrs or Admirers of 

 feeh Varieties may take it ill, to have what they e- 

 lleem fo much left out. Therefore, if at the End of 

 each Species there were nam'd all the Variations^ 1 

 think it would not be amifs, efpecially confidering 

 it would tend to the giving a fuller Hiftory of the 

 Pkntitfelf, and that it may hinder Miftakes. 



I have two Sorts of the Bangue, which were fenc 

 from twbv^feveral Places of the Eafi-Indies : They 

 both differ much from our Uempj altho' they feem to 

 differ moil as to their Magnitude, I do not in theleaft 

 doubrbut thefe Sorts of Bangue are thofe with which 

 the Indians ufe to provoke Venery : The Leaves, and 

 all the Plant, not being carefully dry'd* makes a good 

 Defcription from them impoffible. 



I have been told by feveral, that Mufcelin (fo much 

 in Ufe here for Cravats) and CaUigo^ and the moft of 

 the Indian Linens, are made- of Mttlesi and I fee 

 not the leaft Improbability, but that they may be 

 made of the Fibers of them. 



Mr. Kay's A^/wer to Sir Hans Sloane/ 



S I i?, . Black Notley^ Feb. 1 1 . -84., 



TTO U R Advice concerning inferting the Varieties 

 JL of fundry Species, efpecially fuch as areefteem'd 

 for their Bcfauty or Variety, I approve, and fhall ob* 

 ierve. Howbeit it is not my Intention to fuperfede^/ 

 the Ufe of any approved Botanick JVuthor j but my 

 Reafons for attempting this Work were, 1. To fa- 

 tisfy the Importunity of fome Friends, who folicited 

 me to undertake it. 2. To give fome Light to young 



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