From J. E. Leefe   5 May 1828

Sir,

Having learned from Loudon's Magazine of Natural History that the Herbarium at Cambridge has suffered some loss, and that you are desirous of repairing it, I beg leave to say that I shall have great pleasure in sending you any plants which grow in the neighbourhood of this place. A list of rare ones I subjoin.; you can mark off those which you wish to have, or I will send you the whole if you had rather; those which are marked thus I can send immediately, or keep till the end of the year & then send them as you please.

I am Sir | Your obd ^t Servant | John Ewbank Leefe.

Enclosure plant list: [Marked by JSH?]

Chara hispida Circaea lutetiana Veronica montana Eriophorum vaginatum Stipa pinnata Ex horto Hordeum murinum Dipsacus pilosus Potamogeton densum Myosotis sylvaticus Lithospermum officinale Anchusa sempervirens Primula elatior -------farinosa Lysimachia nemorum --------nummularia Anagallis tenella Convolvulus sepium Campanula latifolia Viola palustris ------lutea Atropa belladonna Solanum dulcamara Samolus valerandi Rhamnus catharticus --------frangula Euonymus europaeus Ribes rubrum ------alpinum ------petraeum Gentiana amarella ---------campestris Oenanthe fistulata Cicuta virosa Aegopodium podagraria Parnassia palustris Drosera rotundifolia Allium carinatum Ornithogalum luteum Scilla nutans white var. Juncus maritimus Berberis vulgaris Colchicum autumnale Epilobium angustifolium Vaccinium myrtillus Erica tetralix ------cinerea Calluna vulgaris Daphne laureola --------mezereum Polygonum amphibium ----------minus Paris quadrifolia Pyrola minor -------rotundifolia Chrysosplenium oppositifolium ---------------alternifolium Saxifraga umbrosa ----------granulata ----------hypnoides ----------tridactylites Saponaria officinalis Stellaria nemorum ----------glauca ----------uliginosa Sedum album Spergula arvensis ---------nodosa Lythrum salicaria Prunus padus -------cerasus -------institia Pyrus aria Rosa spinosissima -------tomentosa -------villosa Eng.Fl. Rubus idaeus -------caesius -------corylifolius -------plicatus -------saxatilis Aquilegia vulgaris Thalictrum majus Ranunculus lingua -----------sceleratus Trollius europaeus Helleborus viridis Teucrium scordium Mentha viridis -------pulegium Galeopsis versicolor Stachys arvensis --------germanica Thymus calamintha Lathraea squamaria Antirrhinum cymbalaria Digitalis purpurea Cardamine amara Erodium cicutarium Geranium phaeum ---------sylvaticum ---------lucidum Malva moschata Genista anglica Vicia sylvatica Hippocrepis comosa Hypericum pulchrum Lactuca virosa Hieracium murorum Carduus heterophyllus Carlina vulgaris Bidens cernua --------bipartita Gnaphalium dioicum -----------germanicum -----------rectum Erigeron acre Orchis bifolia -------mascula white var -------ustulata -------latifolia -------conopsea -------viridis Epipactis latifolia ----------palustris ----------nidus-avis ----------ovata ----------cordata Salix lambertiana ------rubra ------pentandra ------fragilis Salix smithiana ------viminalis ------cinerea ------aurita ------aquatica Empetrum nigrum Taxus baccata Lycopodium clavatum ---------- selago Aspidium adiantum-nigrum ---------fragile ---------dryopteris