1. Unlike other letters Vincent received from Theo (and Jo) in this period, this letter has not been preserved.

2. Anna Boch had bought Van Gogh’s The red vineyard (F 495 / JH 1626 ); see letter 855, n. 5. An exchange between her brother, Eugène Boch, and Van Gogh took place in June 1890 (see letter 890, n. 2).

3. This letter is not known; cf. letter RM21.

4. Vineyard with a woman (F 1624 / JH 1985 ). There is no known no. 30 canvas of this motif; the same house and garden do occur, however, in Vineyard and houses (F 794 / JH 2002), which measures 51 x 58 cm. See exhib. cat. Amsterdam 2005, p. 332.

5. Chestnut tree in blossom (F 751 / JH 1992 ).

6. Chestnut tree in blossom (F 752 / JH 1991 ).

7. Van Gogh had asked for canvas and paper in letter 874.

8. Ginoux was supposed to send the beds from Arles (see letter 871).