Letter received by Banks from Arthur Phillip, 2 April 1792. (Series 37.23) - No. 0004

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pan, but a Kiln is built & they will improve in time.  Forty tubs of plants will be ready this winter for sending home, but nothing can be sent in ships going to India.  Burton will not forget your seeds.

I thank you for your account of the present state of Europe, & join you from my soul in saying, long live the King.

I fear all the seeds sent by the Waaksamheyd [Waakzaamheid] will be of little value from being so long on the passage, & am told all the Skins were destroyed before they reached the Cape: patience

My Dear Sir & believe me your obliged
& faithfull & humble Servant
A Phillip

Burton writes to you, I continue to procure drawings of all the shrubs & plants, but the variety is so great that it will be a long time before drawings of the whole can be collected.