Lannay visiting London and will convey news; flora of Mount Atlas.

Afraid a letter to Smith lost, in which he informed Smith of Rose's [?] "friendly and handsome conduct" relative to the auditorship, which is to be placed on same footing with the English auditors and will be abolished after their deaths [Johnes was audior of the land revenues in Wales], and also informed him of receiving grant of a large tract of waste land full of minerals.

His daughter [Mariamne Johnes] doing "vastly well" and sang for the first time in two years. Recent visitors at home.

Recently returned home from Yorkshire but his prevented him from making any botanical excursions. Saw [Richard] Salisbury at Fetherstone, near Pomfret [Pontefract], he intends to move to London within two years. Found 'Lythrum hyssopifolium' at Alconbury Hill and a 'Mentha' which he encloses for Smith's revision of that genus, thinks it closest to [William] Sole's 'Mentha pratensis' but without the strong smell of peppermint. Invites Smiths to visit them for the Bury Fair, saw Smith's brother at Wakefield.

Postscript note: "'Thlaspi campestre' an 'Thlaspi' vaccariae folio glabrum Raii [John Ray]".

Edmund Davall left his herbarium to Smith. Sending Smith's letters and other papers.

No summary available.

Lost letters. Thinks the "Augustan flattery" of Malta and Sciliy superior to the "bombasty" of Spain. His daughter [Mariamne Johnes] thanks Smith for the seeds he sent; she is now translating and if he does not finish Froissart [(c 1337-c 1405), French chronicler] himself thinks she will be a "worthy successor". His growing enthusiasm for farming; building a "feeding house" to his own plan and wants a good weighing machine for live beasts, asks for recommendation from one of Smith's "great farmers".