| Content Description | Sends the duke a parcel of seeds; explains that one packet is from Sydney, which is meant to remedy the mistake his servant had previously made; adds that the duke now has the counterpart of the parcel sent to Kew; the other packet contains seeds from the Cape [?] which the king commanded him [Banks] to distribute to those who are fond of gardening; fears however that some of the seeds will not grow as they were more than a year old before they were brought to Kew; some, he thinks, should succeed as they were collected by a skilled botanist sent to the Cape by the emperor. |