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a Chinese, conversant in the Drawing of Plants, and Flowers in general, who would follow Nature, even in her defects, as they are always prone to embellishment, Such advantages would be derived, from Drawings collected by such a Painter, as would render them invaluable - Camton a friend of mine, in that way, observed that nearly one third, of the Flowering Plants, in your Book, are adorned with the Moutan Leaf - That Most beautiful, of the Flowering Creation, whose delightful appearance, baffles even the pencil of a Chinaman, makes a most sorry appearance, in Your Collection - There are no less than five different colors of its Genus - Two of which I have Seen, the three others, have never made their Appearance in Canton, being natives in and about Pekin - And I am told that, 'tis not uncommon, for a Tartarian Lady, to be presented