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various kinds Among which are also, a few Laquer Trees - And two beautiful Camelias, they Appeared in Such a high State of Vegetation, a few days ago, with the care they will meet with, on board the Santon Castle, that I think they will likely be delivered in good Order. I have had a long Conversation, with Puankequa, respecting a plant you much want, the up-Country Moutan, And he tells me, 'tis impossible for it, from its great delicacy, ever to reach England Alive - As it has never been known, to flower in Canton, beyond the Season, in which it Arrived - I tried every possibility, to keep One Alive which I carried to Macao last season, but a gradual decay succeeded -
I must now take the liberty, of presenting to My Lady Banks, what has been presented to me, by a most respectable Chinese friend, a Box of Souchong - with my Most Respectful Compliments - Her Ladyship cannot be Offended, since by the tenets of your Letter, I have her permission, to forward a Cannister: As She will find when the Box is Open'd,
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