Letter 3360

Richardson sends ‘more game’ by John Firth. He has not come across anything noteworthy in natural history as of late. Last year he came across an abundant growth of ‘Stashys Fuchey [?]’ just outside of London. Richardson received a letter from Mr Miller informing him of a ‘Treasure of plants’ that arrived in Holland. He heard Dr Scheuchzer’s translation of Engelbert Kaempfer’s History of Japan was published. He is going to send the second subscription payment to Mr Miller to pass on to Sloane. Richardson has received letters from Sam. Brewer, who has been in Wales and Anglesey for a year collecting plants and ‘made very considerable discoverys’. Richardson was a physician and botanist who traveled widely in England, Wales, and Scotland in search of rare specimens. He corresponded and exchanged plants with many well-known botanists and naturalists (W. P. Courtney, Richardson, Richard (16631741), rev. Peter Davis, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23576, accessed 31 May 2011]).