Balthazar Johan Buchwald thanks Linnaeus for the letter of 1 November 1748 [this letter has not come down to us]. He had meant to answer earlier but he had been ill. Buchwald expresses his regrets that the specimen of Musa had been damaged by the cold, due to negligence from the gardener whom he always had found to be careful and honest. If Linnaeus needs another specimen, Buchwald is ready to send him one in the summer. Buchwald gives the full title of his German version of his father’s [Johannes de Buchwald] medical work [Johannis de Buchwald Specimen medico-practico-botanicum, oder kurtze und deutliche Erklärung], which was mentioned in his former letter [Buchwald to Linnaeus, 21 October 1748{L0974}]. There are only a few copies left due to a fire in Copenhagen in the 1720’s. On behalf of , Christian Horrebow, Buchwald asks Linnaeus to send him a copy of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin’s. paper on the moons of Jupiter [”Undersökning om de ojämnheter, som planeten Jupiters månar”]. Buchwald promises that Linnaeus will be paid for it.
Buchwald is eager to continue the correspondence, since he feels that he learns much from it. He is also very glad that there seems to be a chance that the two will meet in Copenhagen in the summer.