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A HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED LETTER FROM
RICHARD WARNER, OF WOODFORD.
TO LINNAEUS,
VIRO EGREGIO ET VERE NOBILISSIMO
CAROLO LINNAEO EQUITI
s. pl. d.
RICARDUS WARNER.
Ad te tandem mitto quam lubenter Vir illustrissime, et omnibus
Botanbphilis in aeternum colende, quale quale sit, sed tibi fortasse haud
ingratum, Exemplar siccam Plantae rarissimae penes me, et quae adhuc
in Hypocausto meo apud Woodfordienses comitatu Essexiae solummodo
efflorescit. Hujusce Plantae Titulus, secundum Millerum Jasminum foliis
lanceolatis opposite, 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 amieissimo 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, tarn magister quam tyro.
A Millero meo te accepisse spero sicca exemplaria Plantarum illarum quae
a me in Literis vestris petiisti. Gratias insuper habeo atque ago pro Libellis
quas milii dono dedisti, quibus Titulus Flora Anglica, opus vere doctum et
haud te indignum.
Vale, vir ornatissime, et me existimari digneris tuae eruditionis admodum
observantissimam
Dabam Woodford
ex aedibus meis,
S. Id. Iulii, 1758.
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 is 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-
oides, 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.