Sends copy of first part of his description of Madame Bonaparte's garden at Malmaison.
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Sends copy of first part of his description of Madame Bonaparte's garden at Malmaison.
Gifts from Madame Buonaparte. His "Jardin de Cels" and "Jardin de Malmaison". Smith's books wanted for Panthèon library.
Exchange of presents. The genus 'Echium'.
Received May 1805.
Thanks for presents. Compliments on Smith's works. His 'Jard. de Malmaison'. A new plant from Botany Bay.
Thanks for books. Plants wanted by the Empress.
Smith has drafted his reply on recto of second folio: thanks for books. Apologises as he can no longer send the Empress any seeds or plants. Sends his "Exotic Botany" nos. 2 to 23 and "Introduction to Botany", including a copy for Broussonet, and six ferns from Botany Bay, [Australia]: 'Lindsaea microphylla', 'Lindsaea linearis', 'Darea' nov. sp., 'Marattia' nov. sp., 'Schizaea bifida', and 'Woodwardia caudata'. Asks if they knew each other in Paris in 1786 or 1787.