Papers of David Skene: correspondence: Letter from John Ellis, Gray's Inn, London, to David Skene Letter from John Ellis, Gray's Inn, London, to David Skene in which he states that he has received sertularia muricata which is new to him; he describes the parts of the sertularia and the progress of their growth; he believes Linnaeus knows nothing of them and will sit down with Dr Solander to arrange them for him; he agrees that Linnaeus does not understand English and remarks that he has had a letter from him asking for all the information he can give regarding 'the kingdom of Neptune' as he is now publishing his 'Regnum Animale'; he informs Skene that he has received an 'extrordinary sea-production' from Mr P Collinson and describes it, he is told it is a sea fungus from Norway; he thanks Skene for the fucus piperatis which he had had before in abundance but the baderlocks he had never seen; Solander has been showing Duke of Atholl the museum but will answer Skene's objections to 'Linnaeus' Zoophytes', 25 April 1765. 25 April 1765