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Copy of a Letter from Dr Roxburghi
Dear Sir
Before I went to Scotland I wrote to you for for the Slipsii of the Succulents you were so good as promise me for the Botanic Garden at Calcutta [Kolkata], and Mr Leeiii tells me you delayed puttingiv them up till they were to be sent off. Some Ships are now about to sail and could wish to have them in the Course of a Week if convenient. Sir Joseph Banksv advises their being packed in a great deal of Moss, and in such a Box, or Basket as to admit of their being gently moistened now, and then during the Passage. A Son and a Servant of my own an excellent Indian Gardener are going in a Ship that will leave Gravesend about the 22[n]d, and wish to send the Succulents by the same Ship [.]
I will mention on the other Side what succulent Plants they already have in the Garden, which will lead you to put up only such as are wanted [.]
If there are any particular seeds or plants you want from Bengal send on a List of them & I will apply for them -- [.]
I am Dear Sir
yours obediently
Signed W. Roxburgh
 No. 5vi Prospect Place
Chelsea
10th Jan[uar]y 1806 
   P.S I find my Catalogue of plants in the garden  at Calcutta [Kolkata] is lent to a friend. I cannot therefore say what Succulents there are in that Garden.  I will therefore note such as are most wanted [.]
Cactus cochenillifer
--         hexagonus
--	pentagonus
--         tetragonus
--         pendulus
--	 pitujayavii
-- 	alatus
--	portulacifolius 
--	repandus
Cacalias that you think are pretty and you think  will Keep 
Euphorbiaviii bits of any except antiquorum -- neriifolia Lineus[?]ix  and tithymaloides [.]  
Plumeria rubrax . The end of the thick succulent Branches will keep well I think [.]
Bits of the tuberous roots of any American, West-Indian or European Arums  Y lG [?]xi
Aroideaxii Jussxiii.  --         
i Roxburgh, William,Dr 1751-1815, botanist viaf 40160036  was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany
ii Slip (horticulture), a small cutting of a plant as a specimen or for grafting -Wiki
iii Possibly a son or relation of  Lee, James, Mr, 1715-1795, (he would have died by the date of this letter). No viaf number .He was the most celebrated British nurseryman of his period; his gardens were at Hammersmith. Cf. E. J. Willson, James Lee and the Vineyard Nursery (London, 1961). See Britten and Boulger, Biog. Index of Brit. Botanists, p. 184.  and mentioned in https://www.jstor.org/stable/227755
iv potting?
v Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820, appointed director of Kew by George III. VIAF 46830189
vi This address and date are positioned on the left of the 'I am dear sir....' etc lines with a  { bracket pointing away from the signature towards the address.
vii Cactus pitajaya in ipni.org
viii This starts a colum on the right of the page
ix  Difficult to read as it is near the spine but may be Linnaeus as there is a Euphorbia neriifolia L. in ipni.org