Asks after his previous letter [25 May 1809], knowing that Smith responded to Bivona; forwarding letter and box of plants from Bivona to Smith. The work he was printing when he last wrote to Smith is delayed, his other planned works. Sends plates [extant] from one of them, “Fasciculus novae vel minus Cognitarum Siciliae plantarum”, with queries for Smith to answer.
Two uncoloured plates of plants.