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Replies to Smith's letters of 23 January [1789] and 8 February [1789]; thanks for parcel of plants, including 'Ecinophora spinosa', no longer considered a British plant, and the 'Cryptogamia'. Requests 'Ligusticum cornubiense' lately found in Cornwall. Thanks for [Dillenius] transcript from "Catalogus [plantarum sponte circa] Gissam"; has not made further progress with his 'Lycoperdon' but sends another paper on 'Fucus subsuscus' [see RelatedMaterial below] inspired by letter from [Samuel] Goodenough. Comments on new paper, which includes additional notes on 'Ulva plumosa', but not a new 'Ulva'; observations on this. Discusses 'Fucus setaceus', a possible new species, and other marine plants.

Will send Linnean Society specimens of 'Polypodium phegopteris', 'P. dryopteris', 'Galium boreale', and 'Carex strigosa'. Approves of Smith's plan and reasons for an "Observationes botanicae" instead of a "Flora Anglica". Offers to write account of 'Fucus hypoglossum', after acquiring permission of Sir Joseph Banks. The unexpected recovery of the King [George III (1738-1820)] "transfer'd his disorder to the nation, such universal uproar is occasion'd by it"; illuminations in Norwich; describes Bungay's alternative more muted celebrations. Discusses doubts over 'Carex caespitosa' and 'C. gracilis'.

Sends drawings by Miss Applethwaite of some of his hothouse plants. Thanks for specimens; still pursuing a large collection.

Botanical losses by severe frost; details of temperatures; high opinion of Forster.

Thanks for specimens; his "Genera" completed; foundation of Linnean Society

Encloses paper on moths for the Linnean Society.

Thanks for election as Honorary Member of the Linnean Society.

Asks for introductions for [Guillaume-Antoine] Olivier.

Invites Pulteney to become a FLS; news of the Linnean Society, including intentions, members, fees, and collections. Botanical news: 'Calycanthus praecox' in flower this winter; discovered that 'Schrebera' is only 'Myrica aethiopica' with a 'Cuscuta' on it, intends to publish this and other observations in a volume "Observationes Botanicae", but at present occupied in publishing "Icones plantarum"; Kew catalogue published in June.

Young [Joseph Franz] Jacquin staying in Britain for most of the summer. [Thomas] Marsham publishing an "Entomolgia Britannica". His herbarium now in better order than when he was at Chelsea, offers its services.

A case of a woman, Ann Sidley, with functional supernumerary nipples. Encloses the particulars and a drawing, written up by Mr Conquest, a surgeon of Chatham, for possible inclusion in "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" [not extant, nor does the account appear to have been published by the Royal Society]. Having examined the woman himself, makes his own observations by comparison to a similar case described in [Thomas] Bartholin's [(1616-1680)] "Anatomia Reformata". The curiosity only discovered when she began breastfeeding. Theorises on formation and connection of the "lactiferous tubes", illustrated with a small diagram.