Dear Madam, I send the proof of your very pretty June garland. I am sorry that by some mistake of mine, May 25th was omitted in its right month. I suppose it was from its following Whitsunday. Do not you think that as Trinity Sunday is a moveable feast, it might be better to give that title instead of June 6th to the paper on the Hearts Ease? I suppose that the Dianthus Deltoides ought properly ... continue reading

My dear Madam,

I must thank you for your two pretty notices, and tell you that they are come all quite right with the rest. I don’t know whether you will approve of one alteration I ventured to make of the name Chironia into Erythræa, for I found Sir James Smith, & the other modern botany books have changed the name, and say there is a decided distinction between the Chironia and Erythræa. I wish they ... continue reading