Letter received by Banks from James Edward Smith, 5 October1787 (Series 72.160) - No. 0002

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really the case, & that I shall only stay a very few days at Chelsea, & those few merely to shew him my herbarium;  thus he cannot see enough to do me harm, & will see all that I ought to shew him, for I would not be the first to shew jealousy, nor even to act ungenerously although in secret.  At present I am well with every body here, & have great reason to be pleased with my reception.  Des Fontaines & Thouin are the men I most rely on & esteem, I mean after Brouss:t.  The latter (Brouss:t) has procured me access to Tournefort's & Vaill..r's Herbariums, & I have described 80 or 90 plants from them quite new, to enrich the Syst. Vegetabilium about an edition of w:ch I mean to consult with you; every body wants it, & all promise me their help.  Nobody can do it without Lie.s's [Linnaeus] Herb:um.  I dont like L'Heritier's describing so many of our plants, because I keep the intended Linnaean Society always in view.  I wish Salisbury would publish the figures for which he has got drawings made;  else L'Heritier will supersede him, for he has drawn many of the