Concerned to hear about Smith's "serious illness" at [Richard] Salisbury's; hopes the worst of the erysipelas is over. Will send new Linnean Society list and "Linnean Transactions" vol 6 shortly. The Society rules are to be confirmed or rejected at the next meeting. Asks if he can do anything for Smith in the north of Scotland and Orkneys.

Has sent as many of Smith's desiderata as he could find. The 'Splachnum' Smith sent may be 'Splachnum purpum'. Would like to compare his lichens and mosses with the ones Smith received from his foreign friends as it is "the best way of being sure of plants".

Dufresne visiting London; has added 500 new genera to his work; Corrêa in Paris; desiderata.

Wishes to join the Linnean Society; his credentials are in the mineral and vegetable kingdoms, which his location serves him well for. Lists his credentials, including membership of Medical Society, a paper published in "Philosophical Transactions" 1777 [see RelatedMaterial below], and a large work on surgery currently in preparation and to be dedicated to the King [George III (1738-1820)]. His London relations.

Smith to receive his catalogue of [Gian Carlo] Dinegro's garden before Dinegro leaves England, it contains new species which Viviani intends to include in his own work. Dinegro responsible for botany's inclusion in the Genoese school curriculum. Viviani plans to resend to Smith the lost dried specimens of plants intended for his book.