Mr. RayV Anfwer to F. Camellh 307 



cxtenfas cum noviter decerptae funt inter chartas bi- 

 bulas feu emporeticas reponendo, & fubinde antequana 

 putrefcant mutando, donee exaruerint. 



Valeas, celeberrime vir, Hiftorise Botanieae promo- 

 vendx nate, immortali laude digniffime, Sc opus in 

 quod tantum temporis ftudii & laborisimpendifti, to- 

 tam nimirum Philippinarum infularum Hiftoriam na~ 

 turalem, feliciter abfolvas, it a precatur. 



Mr. J. Morton, ReBor of Oxendon in 

 Northamptonftiire, to Mr, Ray Nov. 

 23. 1700, - 



AMongfl: the many Requefts which are made to 

 you by the learned World, permit me to men- 

 tion one, that is. That you would enrich the Publick 

 with the Hifiory of the Scripture Plants j a Work, 

 which, akho' attempted by fome, is certainly one of 

 the Defiderata ftill - y and all do agree you the fitteft 

 Perfon in the World for it. 



Another Letter of Jan. ij. 1700. 



WH AT are your Thoughts of the Origine of 

 of that Concrete Juice [Manna] collected 

 from the Leaves of the Qalabrian 4ft> ? Is it not an 

 Exudation, occafioned b>y InfeSts opening Orifices in 

 the Leaves with their TerebelU ? The Exudations of 

 the Leaves of Oaks, AJhes, and other Plants in Eng- 

 land, I think I can fhew are frequently occafioned by 

 thefe Means. # Of which, fee Mr. MprtonV Nat. Hift* 

 of Northamptonflaire. 



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