Questions Smith's reference of [Fredric] Hasselquist [(1722-1752) Swedish naturalist] as the authority for his claim at Royal Institution lecture that the biblical "lily of the fields" of Matthew 6:28 is 'Amaryllis lutea'. The lily is also mentioned in the Song of Soloman and biblical commentators speak of the lily as common in Palestine. Wishes to determine whether the lily is a garden or wild flower [for the annotated Bible D'Oyly prepared with Richard Mant for publication by the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge known as "D'Oyly and Mant's Bible" (1814 and later editions)].

Sends his passage on the biblical "lilies of the field" for Smith's approval before it is printed [for the annotated Bible prepared with Richard Mant known as "D'Oyly and Mant's Bible" (1814 and later editons)], asks if 'Amaryllis lutea' is the correct trivial name, read that Celsius believes the white common lily is the "lily of the fields".