Letter 1446

Hotton discusses recent botanical and medical publications, including works by Plumier, Tozzi, Taluggi, Muller, Guilhelmino, and Baglivi. He asks for help arranging the publication in England of a botanical book by Plumier. Hotton informs Sloane of works in progress by Ramassi and Vallisneri. He has not heard from John Ray and asks Sloane to tell him if anything is wrong. Sherard told him that Sloane’s medical library has grown so large that it needs to be expanded. Hotton reports that the Duke of Marlborough has been favourably received in Leiden. Peter Hotton (1648-1709), also known as Petrus Houttuyn, was Professor of Botany and Medicine at Leiden University. He supervised the university’s botanic gardens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Houttuyn).