From N. J. Winch   20 October 1826

My dear Sir

At the time when your last letter reached me I was much too unwell to answer it, you must therefore not suppose me inattentive to so valuable a correspondent as yourself, for your communications afford me both amusement and instruction.– Owing to the long confinement and indisposition of M ^rs W– I have not been a mile from home this summer, of course can contribute but little to your Herbarium, … Rosa Doniana certé you may depend upon. R. gracilis I think I gave before– on the other side is my idea of this many named species & its three varieties. – … All I can say is that any sp ^ns of rare plants, even from a garden, are acceptable and your botanic garden must contain many curious species, at least it did so when I visited it in 1800 & 1802 Mespilus cotoneaster!! and Chara gracilis I set a high value on, pray who was the fortunate discoverer of the former? Living plants are of little value to me for I have no garden, nor is one worth cultivating in this smoky town, but I should prize any dried sp. from Holland for I have been collecting an Herbarium for about thirty years which for the sake of geographic botany is arranged as follows – British plants – Lapland and the Arctic region Sweden, Norway – Russia & Siberia – Germany, Holland & France – The Alps of Europe – Italy – Hungary & Greece – Spain and Portugal – Asia – Africa – America Nth & South – Australia. M ^r Ja ^s Barkholm of York, a good practical botanist, showed me a specimen named Lysimachia vulgaris & said to be collected long since on the banks of the river near Darlington by his cousin, but which was certainly Lysimachia punctata. but a plant not rare in Holland. Is it among your Dutch specimens? When you next favor me with a letter a slight sketch of Martin’s Herbarium would be a great treat to me. I too wash all my plants with spirits of wine containing corrosive sublimate but I am not much plagued with insects here. Should you see Mr Sedgwick have the goodness to remember me to him and believe me to be

My dear Sir | truly yours | N: J: Winch

var: α. fl: rub: ^d Rosa involuta when growing inland

R. Sabini β of Sabine

R. Donania

R. gracilis

β fl. alb: ^d Rosa Sabini α. of Sabine

R. gracilis β from Ennerdale

γ dwarf– Rosa involuta Eng: Bot– when growing on the sea shore