St Mary’s Lodge | York
1 April 1845
My dear Sir,
An ingenious Gardener J. Pringle now employed in our Museum Grounds at York, is a Candidate for the Curatorship of the Botanic Garden at Cambridge. Though I dare say you will have abundance of able candidates, I cannot refuse his request to transmit to you a specimen of his general turn of thought in the enclosed paper, which seems to shew an [illeg.] and inquisitive mind. His testimonials he sent to the Vice Chancellor, along with, I doubt not, plenty of others. In the Gardener’s Magazine he has published some pretty papers which he refers to thus Vol VI. p185, XIV. 239, XVII.610. If you have time to read them you can see what they promise or perform, better than I can.
Ever yours truly | John Phillips
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