To Robert Brown   1 January 1831

My dear Sir,

I take the liberty of sending you a copy of my paper on the Hybrid Digitalis which I mentioned to you– It is but an insignificant production compared with your tract on the Orchideæ & Asclepiadeæ– I have now read with care the whole of that tract & am impatient for the summer to verify the facts it contains– As I expect to pass through town in 3 or 4 weeks, I will do myself the pleasure of calling on you & receiving another lesson if you are disposed to indulge me– I have not been able to examine the Mignionette again, this being always a busy term with me– but I hope to do so early in February & complete my drawings– I have lately been preparing a set of specimens of different woods for our Museum– obtained chiefly from the plantations of my Father in law– & have put up a few of them which appeared to me to possess the most interest, for your inspection– they want a little polishing. If you don't want them, they may serve to light your fire– Is it possible that any kind of invitation might tempt you to visit Cambridge? It would afford me the greatest pleasure to entertain you–

Believe me | very truly y ^rs. | J S Henslow