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[Letter to Hooker as Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow] Imray is pleased to note Hooker’s continued interest in his specimens. He has sent, on the ‘Jane Lockhart’, another parcel for Hooker, and a box of orchidaceous roots for the Duke of Bedford. He will send another box of Orchidaceae and Cacti to ‘his Grace’ next August, and hopes to procure for Hooker an interesting species of Amaryllis. Imray goes on to provide an account of his collecting trip to the Conliabon mountain, which at around 4500 feet, is ‘considered to be one of the highest on the island’. He describes the change in the nature of the vegetation on his ascent, noting the abundance of Weimannia glabra. Lobelia, Eupatorium and Melastomatacea are also mentioned. Imray intends to re-visit the mountain in the future to make more collections and is tempted to climb the higher Diablotin range. He has sent more Cassipourea elliptica to Hooker and asks where he might find engravings of the vaccinium, which grow in abundance on the Conliabon mountain. Imray goes on to discuss the wood of Dominica, noting the scarcity of the Satin wood or ‘Yellow Sanders’. He questions the necessity of brushing specimens with a solution of camphor. Imray ends by thanking Hooker for sending him the ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Page 1 of 4.

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[Letter to Hooker as Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow] Imray is pleased to note Hooker’s continued interest in his specimens. He has sent, on the ‘Jane Lockhart’, another parcel for Hooker, and a box of orchidaceous roots for the Duke of Bedford. He will send another box of Orchidaceae and Cacti to ‘his Grace’ next August, and hopes to procure for Hooker an interesting species of Amaryllis. Imray goes on to provide an account of his collecting trip to the Conliabon mountain, which at around 4500 feet, is ‘considered to be one of the highest on the island’. He describes the change in the nature of the vegetation on his ascent, noting the abundance of Weimannia glabra. Lobelia, Eupatorium and Melastomatacea are also mentioned. Imray intends to re-visit the mountain in the future to make more collections and is tempted to climb the higher Diablotin range. He has sent more Cassipourea elliptica to Hooker and asks where he might find engravings of the vaccinium, which grow in abundance on the Conliabon mountain. Imray goes on to discuss the wood of Dominica, noting the scarcity of the Satin wood or ‘Yellow Sanders’. He questions the necessity of brushing specimens with a solution of camphor. Imray ends by thanking Hooker for sending him the ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Page 1 of 4.

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[Letter to Hooker as Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow] Imray is pleased to note Hooker’s continued interest in his specimens. He has sent, on the ‘Jane Lockhart’, another parcel for Hooker, and a box of orchidaceous roots for the Duke of Bedford. He will send another box of Orchidaceae and Cacti to ‘his Grace’ next August, and hopes to procure for Hooker an interesting species of Amaryllis. Imray goes on to provide an account of his collecting trip to the Conliabon mountain, which at around 4500 feet, is ‘considered to be one of the highest on the island’. He describes the change in the nature of the vegetation on his ascent, noting the abundance of Weimannia glabra. Lobelia, Eupatorium and Melastomatacea are also mentioned. Imray intends to re-visit the mountain in the future to make more collections and is tempted to climb the higher Diablotin range. He has sent more Cassipourea elliptica to Hooker and asks where he might find engravings of the vaccinium, which grow in abundance on the Conliabon mountain. Imray goes on to discuss the wood of Dominica, noting the scarcity of the Satin wood or ‘Yellow Sanders’. He questions the necessity of brushing specimens with a solution of camphor. Imray ends by thanking Hooker for sending him the ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Page 1 of 4.

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[Letter to Hooker as Professor of Botany, University of Glasgow] Imray is pleased to note Hooker’s continued interest in his specimens. He has sent, on the ‘Jane Lockhart’, another parcel for Hooker, and a box of orchidaceous roots for the Duke of Bedford. He will send another box of Orchidaceae and Cacti to ‘his Grace’ next August, and hopes to procure for Hooker an interesting species of Amaryllis. Imray goes on to provide an account of his collecting trip to the Conliabon mountain, which at around 4500 feet, is ‘considered to be one of the highest on the island’. He describes the change in the nature of the vegetation on his ascent, noting the abundance of Weimannia glabra. Lobelia, Eupatorium and Melastomatacea are also mentioned. Imray intends to re-visit the mountain in the future to make more collections and is tempted to climb the higher Diablotin range. He has sent more Cassipourea elliptica to Hooker and asks where he might find engravings of the vaccinium, which grow in abundance on the Conliabon mountain. Imray goes on to discuss the wood of Dominica, noting the scarcity of the Satin wood or ‘Yellow Sanders’. He questions the necessity of brushing specimens with a solution of camphor. Imray ends by thanking Hooker for sending him the ANNALS OF NATURAL HISTORY. Page 1 of 4.