Thanks Smith for gift, glad the print she sent via [Samuel] Goodenough was acceptable.
She has a plant flowering that [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert thinks is the first 'Satyrium plantageum' to flower in England as it is not in "Hortus Kewensis"; offers to send it along with 'Pharos latifolia.
Alphabetical confirmation and observations on specimens sent by Davall [on 12 November 1790], plants include: 'Allium angulosum', 'Phalaris phleoides', variety of 'Lotus corniculata', 'Selinum palustre', 'Agrostis calamagrostis', 'Arundo epigejos', 'Ribes petraeum', 'Coronulla minima', '[Gnaphalium] orientale', 'Hieracium molle', 'Rosa collina', 'Rosa arvensis', 'Androsaces villosa', 'Androsace lactea', 'Anemone alpina', 'Scirpus caespitosus', and 'Schoneus ferrugineus'.
Numbered observations on specimens sent by Davall in parcel of 27 February 1790, now complete. Will send 'Arundo epigejo' another time. Mislaid 'Saxifraga sedoides' so cannot give opinion.
The specimen of 'Tradescantia' from [Nicholas] Gwyn came from his hothouse, has a specimen for [William] Aiton [(1731-1793), director Kew Gardens 1759-1793]. Requests books: L'Héritier's "Sertum Anglicum", and Salisbury's "Flora Lapp.". Enjoyed second number of [James] Sowerby's ["English botany"]; recommends addition to the plates of the parts of fructification, avoiding repetition of the plants in "Flora Londinensis". Received seeds of 'Galeopsis villosa' last year, and seed of 'Scorzonera tingitana' from Mrs Hasell.
Believes the specimens of [William] Hudson's 'Mentha villosa' he received from [Samuel] Goodenough are 'Mentha sylvestris', confirmed by Linnaeus and Ray in "Historiae plantarum"; further observations on it. Received 'Mentha sativa' from Bath from Goodenough, who believes Pitchford's garden 'M. satvia' is 'M. gentilis'. Confusion over figures of 'M. sylvestris' and other 'Mentha' species in "the old authors" Hudson, [John] Gerard [(1545-1612)], [John] Ray, and [John] Parkinson [(1567-1650)]. Has thirteen customers for [James] Sowerby's work [presumably "English Botany"], and one for [James] Dickson's "Plan[tarum] Crypt[ogamicarum]". Dickson sent him '[Acrostichum] ilvense', thinks it different from the Swedish specimen. Will consult [William] Sole on 'Mentha'. Received 'Sium repens' from Dr Randolph of Oxford, found by [John] Sibthorp, new to England, asks if it is also a new Linnaean one.
Bust of Linnaeus erected in Jardin des Plantes. Paris Linnean Society reformed as the Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, Smith made an Associate.