From C. J. Bishop   20 September 1830

My dear Sir

I have lately received through the medium of Dr Whately your Catalogue of Brit. Plants arranged according to the Nat. ^l system, and allow me to return you my best thanks for this kind attention I trust that ‘ere long the efforts of yourself Lindley & other Professors will give to Botany as studied in England the rank of a science, and that artificial arrangements will be viewed in the proper subserviancy to the natural method.

I remain my dear Sir |yours very truly & obliged |C. J. Bishop