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with a Moutan of the imperial hue, that has cost her Admirer, Forty Dollars -
I have ready at my Apartments, three Boxes of Plants, in high Order, intended for the Ocean, as Captain Patton requested to know, whether you had mentioned his name - as he had been applied to, by a Nobleman, to carry such Plants, as I might have for you - to induce him to pay attention, I have presented him with One of the Boxes - As 'tis really mortifying, to see the healthy plants, that leave China, and hear of their fate, merely owing to inattention - A request from You, to any one of the Captain's, thro' the Husband, would be more in favor, of what I complain, than all my influence - I have known plants fourteen days, on board at Whampo, without a Drop of water - indeed they are generally