To William Wilson 22 January 1827

My dear Sir,

I should earlier have announced the arrival of your packet, but have only today got out of a sick room to whch. I have been confined for the last 8 days. I feel extremely obliged by the very great pains you have taken in preparing for me a collection which I can assure you will add very considerably to my herbarium, besides furnishing me with duplicates of many species which I was desirous of procuring. The specimens are generally well dried & good, & I promise myself much instruction & amusement by a careful perusal & examination of the several original observations which I see you have scattered among them. I must however lay them aside for 2 or 3 months as I am very busy preparing my lectures, but as soon as these are over I will return to them. I will do my best this season to diminish your desiderata & also to prepare a packet for Mr Roberts & will send them to you most probably in Octr. or Novr. next. I am happy to find those I last sent were acceptable but you seem to consider the packet more highly than it deserves. We are each able to procure something which the other cannot, & I assure you I consider myself repaid 10fold by what you have sent me. The ferns are particularly acceptable, this county containing scarcely any. Your Chara all differ a good deal in habit from ours. I believe the genus not understood - C. gracilis I added last year to our flora.

Excuse anything confused in this letter as I am still very weak.

Yrs very sincerely

J. S. Henslow