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A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTER FROM 
RICHARD WARNER, OF WOODFORD, 
TO LINNZUS, 
VIRO EGREGIO ET VERE NOBILISSIMO 
CAROLO LINNAEO EQUITI 
Sep iol bel fee 
RICARDUS WARNER. 
Ad te tandem mitto quam lubenter Vir illustrissime, et omnibus 
Botanophilis in e2ternum colende, quale quale sit, sed tibi fortasse haud 
ingratum, Exemplar siccam Plante rarissime penes me, et que adhuc 
in Hypocausto meo apud Woodfordienses comitatu Essexie solummode 
efflorescit. Hujusce Plante Titulus, secundum Mzllerum Jasminum foliis 
lanceolatis oppositis, calycibus acutis. De hac Planta, si plura velis, con- 
sulas ejusdem Milleri Dictionarium novissime editum in voce Jasminum, 
et Tabulam 180 Iconum Plantarum ejusdem Authoris, quibus Titulus 
est Anglice, A set of Figures adapted to the Gardener’s Dictionary. 
- Exhibui amicissimo Millero meo Literas quibus me honestavisti; nec 
dubito quin ille, in hoc genere Doctrinae egregius, te certiorem fecerit : 
nam quod ad me attinet, non sum in hac scientia, tam magister quam tyro. 
A Millero meo te accepisse spero sicca exemplaria Plantarum illarum quae 
a mein Literis vestris petiisti. Gratias insuper habeo atque ago pro Libellis 
quas mihi dono dedisti, quibus Titulus Flora Anglica, opus vere doctum et 
haud te indignum. 
Vale, vir ornatissime, et me existimari digneris tuz eruditionis admcedum. 
observantissimam : 
Dabam Woodford 
ex zdibus meis, 
Cid Laie st 755, 
TRANSLATION. 
To the most excellent and truly noble 
Carl Linnaeus 
Richard Warner 
desires the best health. 
At last I am sending to you, most illustrious Sir (to be ever cherished by- 
plant-lovers of whatever kind) but probably not unwelcome to you, a dried. 
specimen of a rare plant in my collection which js still flowering in the 
soil of my stove at Woodford in the County of Essex. According to Miller 
the name of this plant is Jasminum . . . acutis [ = Gardenia jasmin- 
ovdes, Ellis}. If you would like to know more about this plant you might 
consult Miller’s newly-published ‘‘ Dictionary,’’ Art. Jasminum, tab. 180 | 
of the author's figures of plants, whose title in English is ‘‘ A set of figures 
adapted to the Gardener’s Dictionary.” 
I have shown the letter with which you have honoured me to my friend 
Miller, nor do I doubt but he, skilled in this genus as he is, will satisfy you, 
for as regards myself, I am rather a beginner than a master in this science. 
