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New South Wales
4 of August 1801
Sir
according to your orders I wrote to you from this place in January last giving an account of what plants I had been able to bring to the Colony alive Sorry I am my list was not better filled or that I was not more successful -- fearing that account may not have reached you I take the liberty of sending this account of them and also of what Plants had previously been introduced. those that came in the Porpoise are as follows, Grisly Fontiniac Vines Black Fontiniac do Tokay do -- Muscadine do Muscat of Alexandria do -- 2 Sorts unknown from the Cape -- 5 Apple Trees 2 Spanish Chestnuts 1 Walnut 4 Willows Pomgranits Black and White Mulberrys Plantains
1 Olive Since Dead Mint 2 Oakes
Those that were in the Colony are as follows Several Sorts of Peaches do of Apricots -- Several sorts of Apples among which are the Russeting Orange Pippin a Kind of Russit, non parel, &c -- Several sorts of Pears -- Several Sorts of Organes Lemons & Limes. A [indecipherable] Plum Almonds, Several Sorts of Vines, Quince, Sage, a bad sort of Wood Strawberrys, Figs, Guavas, Lemongrass and most kinds of culinary Plants. --
Owing to the hitherto wet Season and the necessary attention required for fixing on a spot of ground for farming and the puting part of it in a state of cultivation I have not had it in my power to make any collection of seeds but I hope in the ensuing
[Dates by Banks] March 26 1802 -- Augt.10 -- 02