Linnaeus thanks Sten Carl Bielke for a letter [28 February 1744{L0536}], for seeds and Johann Georg Gmelin’s biography.
Linnaeus does not believe that Anandria is without stamens.
He wants Bielke to get seeds from Siberia for him, so that he can actually see them.
He wants Bielke to find out if Abram Ens, has returned from Leiden. His parents live in St Petersburg.
He wants to know how Johann Georg Siegesbeck is and asks Bielke to see to it that Pehr Kalm does not attend his lectures too much so that he might get influenced by heresian thoughts and infect all Swedish fanatics .
He wants to know what succulents are to be found in the Botanical garden in St. Petersburg? Is the banana to be found there? Are there many species of Euphorbiae, Kleiniae etc?
He asks Bielke to greet Kalm very much. There is a vacancy in Åbo after Johan Welin, which would make it easier for Kalm to get in.
Fredrik Sparre just brought me the letters, to avoid to postpone his letter-writing Linnaeus writes this very hastily.
Judge of Appeal Lars Ehrenstam has died.