Letter 3820

[fol. 165] North Bierley Aug: 12 1732 Hond Sr I am very much concerned that there has not been a more expacitiouse dispatch in finding the plants yu deserved out of Mr Petivers collection but I have of late been pretty much from home & Mr Petiver was not inclinable to do any thing with out any assistance yet have at last (ran) over a very numerous collection & putt out a great part of the plants you desire the greatest number of them Dr Dillenius had seen and added names to them; especially the Submarine plants & mosses the difficulty in classing the […] regularily I take to be very great since several of them put on quite different faces at different seasons but since we have the authotity of so great a judge in this sort of Botany we are willing to acqu […] till we can be better informed. Mr Brewer sent the plants hither a few days agoe which I put up in a Box & sent by Sam: Haggus who Inns at the white Horse Cripplegate he wil be in London on Thursday next in the Box you wil find some Fossils amongst the rest you wil find two or three beautyfull varieties of stalactites most of these I had from the Limestone Rocks in Craven & if any thing in this kind or in any part of Nat: Hist: comes to my hands, you may be assured to hear from your much obliged servant Ric: Richardson Mr Brewer designs to write to you by this post