From:
Thomas Charles Hope
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Jan 1784
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/23/18, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Has been waiting for a letter from Smith. Fears Smith will only be able to continue his botanical studies in London by studying herbariums. Concerned to hear of a dispute at the Royal Society between Sir Joseph Banks and Mr Hutton. [William] Younge now President of the Edinburgh Natural History Society. Asks if Smith made a catalogue of the plants he collected from around Edinburgh; difficulties of collecting.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London