Letter received by Banks from Arthur Phillip, 24 March 1791. (Series 37.14) - No. 0002

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all very healthy, I hope they will one day reach you. By the vessel now ready to Sail, with the late Sirius's ships company, I can only find room for three cases of seeds & a couple of casks of clay. I have seen better clay, to the northward, but it is not within the reach of water carriage. In one of the cases, there are a few dried plants.

You have, Sir, been so obliging as to offer to send a few seeds to any of my friends, & I now take the liberty of requesting that your gardener may be permitted to put up half a dozen small assortments, & send them to the Marchioness of Rockingham, the Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Sydney, Adl. Roddam, Mr. C. S. Duncombe & our friend Nepean. I beg your pardon for giving this trouble, but it will be the means of their having good