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THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
to his brothers, November 3, 1789, Jacquin says “ I have just come 
from a Meeting of the Linnean Society. Dryander communicated a 
Monograph of Begonia , which contains over 20 species. Compli¬ 
ments from Bauer. I think it high time that I brought him away 
from here, otherwise he will be annexed. Banks is very much im¬ 
pressed by him.” 
At Kew Jacquin is struck by the Magnolias, Kalmias, Rhodo¬ 
dendrons, and others growing in the open air ; compared with the 
Vienna winter that of Kew in mid-December is April weather. 
“ Aiton does everything in the world for me. He is just bringing 
out a Hortus Kewensis in two volumes in 8vo, with 11 finely engraved 
plates. My lady Banks has had two of these beautifully coloured 
and made me a present of them; they are Strelizia regina (sic) and 
Limodorum Tan kervilliceP 
On Aug. 7, 1789, he notifies his father of the despatch of two 
cases of plants and a copy of Hortus Kewensis and Swartz’s Pro¬ 
dr omus. “ The former is the first copy that was ready. I have 
received it as a great favour, for it is the etiquette here that any 
book that is dedicated to the King, is not put on sale until 14 days 
after it has reached him, and since the King will probably not come to 
London for a fortnight, it will be 4 weeks before anyone can procure it.” 
Jacquin is much interested in the insectivorous Dioncea which 
Curtis is importing from America. It is difficult to cultivate, but 
Lee has been successful and gives Jacquin written directions for its 
culture, which he sends to his father with a batch of living specimens. 
Frequent reference is made in the letters to despatches of dried plants, 
seeds, or living plants which he has received from Banks, or through 
the kindness of the gardeners at Kew, Chelsea, Syon, the nurseryman 
Lee, and others ; arrangements are suggested for exchange of plants, 
and books are obtained by gift or purchase for the library at Vienna. 
The following reference to Marter suggests that Jamaica was not 
regarded as a desirable home in 1789 :—“ Of Marter I know nothing 
except that he wants to become physician in Jamaica and at the 
same time Director of the new bread-fruit plantation. This position 
however cannot be very attractive, since no Englishman would take 
it, and not even Swartz who is a poor Swede.” 
Mention is also made of Sibthorp, who thanks Jacquin pere for 
the Dissertations and gives an opinion as to the identity of Cgnan- 
chuni monspeliacum ; Lady Hume, in whose garden Joseph saw 
Stercalia Balanghas in flower ; the Marchioness of Rockingham, in 
whose garden, twelve miles from London, Aralia capitata and Port - 
landia grandiflora were flowering; Mr. Rashleigh ; and, on several 
occasions, Loddiges, who helped in the despatch of plants to Vienna. 
There are a few extracts from letters from Paris dated February 
to July 1790, but beyond an indication that Joseph consulted Jussieu’s 
Herbarium there is nothing of local interest ; Jacquin is much 
distressed by the untimely death of Van de Schot, the gardener at 
Schonbrunn, to whom many messages had been sent, as to the 
cultivation of the plants despatched, in previous letters. The brochure 
concludes with two brief extracts from a letter to his father on Oct. 28, 
1790, from Bern. 
