Letter 3997

Dr Madam Mrs Hamilton gave me an account of a letter she had from you this day; by which I find what pains you have been at, to procure for me the right Savin I want I am sorry I have putt you to so much trouble, about it already, but since you have Spoke to Mr Miller I doubt not but he can certainly direct you to the right, what you sent me was the male Savin, with the tamarish leafe, much more tapering, of a much deeper green, does not grow so upright, but even wants supporting, & has not near so strong scent as the other, which is also considerably more prickly than what you sent me, Mr Miller in his dictio=nary I think describes it by the name of the female, upright, berry bearing Savin, with Cypress leaves, and so does Mathiolus in his commentary on Dioscorides, its called also by some the berry bearing cedar, & Juniper of the Alps from its likeness to them, it grows in many places here particularly at Inishargie, tho I have seen & usd if often I never observ’d any berrys upon it, but I will not say for that reason it beares non, for perhaps what I have seen either has not come to the proper age for beareings or I have not had or seen any at that season of the year they do bear. What I sent you was certainly genuine but I had it from an apothecarys Shope where by long & ill keepping it had lost its colour very much, I wish I had some by me to send you in its right colour by this opportunity if I get it not before this ship sails I will assuredly send it by the next, if what I expect from you by the return of this be not what I would have You have inclosed a cancell’d bond from Mrs Hamil=ton, there’s no great occasion for sending it, but you know her exactness which I cannot call a fault. I would not give So much trouble to many of my friends but I hope you’l pardon Dr Madam your most oblieg’d humble servant Magnus Prince Newcastle 17 June 1736 Dr Tisdale died in Dublin about ten dayes ago of a spotted fever which gave me a reel concern