
          doubt. May I beg that the seeds be gathered &
some of them sent to me (a little sand being mixed 
with the pulp) & I will give them to our Duke 
of Bedford, who is ward of this family, and as 
he has given 1000 gs. [guineas] towards the promotion of 
religion in London, I think he deserves something 
at our hands. He is building a splendid range
of houses for them at Woburn Abbey. His brother, 
the republican Duke (Dr. Barratt) is in high
favor with him, for having sent such nice willows,
which are flourishing in England. I trust 
Mr. Parker or Mr. Sandbach at Liverpool, will 
explain to Mr. Shaw what has been done with 
the nos. [numbers] of the "Companion to the Botl. [Botanical] Magazine."
You ought to have recieved them before your letter 
came away. I shall now [crossed out: to] send to 
Mr. Shaw for you nos. 12-14 (15 & 16 have
not yet reached me) of that work, & also 
Part I of my "Icones selecta [Icones plantarum or figures, ... selected from the author's herbarium]," which has 
just appeared. Part [crossed out: 7] [added: 5] of Beechey is also 
ready, but my copies are not arrived. 
It shall go to you soon with some other 
things.

I ought to have said that if your collector
is successful about Santa Fée [Fé], I am quite sure 
you may reckon upon 7 or 8 purchases here, 
at 7 dollars (I suppose about £1.8s) the 100
species. I am confident you will have 
appointed one who dries specimens well.

I lately heard from Mr. Gardner. He was 
just setting off for the Oregon Mountains &
intended afterwards to go to the Mines. It is 
true that much has been done by botanists 
in Brazil, but not by British collectors, &
        