Asks after letters, books, and plant specimens he, [José Antonio] Pavon, [Hipólito] Ruiz [López (1754-1816), botanist], and [Francisco] Zea sent three months ago; fears they have been intercepted.

Thanks for election as FMLS; recommends Pavon and Ruiz, his former pupils, for same. Asks Smith's opinion of current theory in Spain regarding location of the stigma of 'Iris'. Requests that sending of "Linnean Transactions" should not be hindered, and offers to send anything required by the Society, to try to repair the damage suffered to such exchanges through cause of the war.