From G. E. Smith   10 May 1830

My dear Sir

Considering the letter & acceptable packet & plants as a reply to my last communication, I was waiting until I had some fresh specimens to send you, before I troubled [ill.del.] you with another letter. Of the printed list I can send you now or by & by Silene conoidea, Trifolium glomeratum, Ribes nigrum, Teucrium chamaedrys, Ophrys fucifera, Cyperus fuscus, Asplenium lanceolatum, Equisetum fluviatile & Cyperus longus also I can spare: perhaps half a dozen specimens. Can you spare me Arabis turrita, Acorus calamus, Panicum verticillatum, Lathraea Squamaria, Scrophularia vernalis, Barbarea praecox? I am ashamed to name any more, but it is with expectation of your doing the same by me. Cardamine amara, Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Paris & Lathraea are in abundance near me. The species of Chrysosplenium are, I think, very distinct; but you shall judge for yourself. Are you willing to pay carriage for the living plants?

I was delighted with Malaxis paludosa & Tillaea. For these rarities, for all their companions, & for the Catalogue & Papers, accept my sincerest thanks. I have a bad headache with fever, an epidemic amongst us, or I would fill this sheet,

ever devotedly & very gratefully yours | Gerard Smith