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[Letter translated from French] ] Last August Wikstsröm sent Hooker a packet containing several books: three volumes of 'Les Relations annuelles de l'Académie', and two numbers of SVENSK BOTANIK. The package was addressed to Mr Winch in Newcastle. Wikstsröm sent notice of the package by a letter and he hopes the package was received. In the spring Hooker will receive another packet with the memoirs of the Academy for the last three years and SVENSK ZOOLOGIE number 12, the text of which is written by Professor Dalman. Hooker will also receive a collection of 'Swedish Plants' [publication?]. Wikstsröm would be very grateful if Hooker could send him 'British Plants' or 'Plants of West India'. Wikstsröm is very interested in the cultivation of the most characteristic trees, shrubs and perennial plants and he would be extremely grateful if Hooker could send him any seed of these; amongst other things, he would like Potentilla nepalensis with red petals. Seeds will reach him if delivered to the Swedish Minister in London, or to the Swedish Consul General, Mr Tottie, also in London. In a postscript, Wikstsröm notes that volume two of Wahlenberg's FLORA SUECICA will be published in April. Volume one of Fries' SYSTEMA ORBIS VEGETABILIS, published in December 1825, contains a revision of Fungi and Algae, and is a work of great merit. He asks Hooker to tell him if Messrs Winch and Robertson in Newcastle are still alive. Page 1 of 4.