Thanks for £10 bank note and drawings. Suffering from headaches in the heat, expects relief at Lowestoft, [Suffolk]. Pleased Sowerby agrees with him about genus 'Phallus', "the old trivial names are unnecessarily indecent". His pupil, [William Fitt Drake], will look for anything curious at Lowestoft. Uncertain about Sowerby's 'Salix', which may be 'S. amygdalina'.

His sister Mrs Weston has had a girl, and his brother Francis' wife a boy. Expecting a visit from [Richard] Relhan. Wishes to know how to send a parcel to Sweden.

Preparing 'Salix' for the "The gardener's and botanist's dictionary", asks whether Smith agrees with [Georg Franz] Hoffmann's arrangement of the genus and for information on 'Salix hermaphroditica' and 'Salix pentandra'. Asks after various publications including: second volume of [Antonio José] Cavanilles' "Icones"; whether there are further [Jacques-Julien La] Billardiére fasciculi; whether [Peter Simon] Pallas published more of "Flora Rossica"; and if there will be anything further from [Charles Louis] L'Héritier [de Brutelle].