Account for books, etc.
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The Linnean Society of London Collection
The scientific and personal correspondence of James Edward Smith (1759-1828), purchaser of the collections of Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) and founder of the Linnean Society of London in 1788, was presented to the Linnean Society between 1857 and 1872 by his widow Pleasance Smith (1773-1877). Since then, it has been complemented by additional series. The collection was catalogued, conserved, and digitised from 2010 to 2013, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Letters can be searched through Ɛpsilon, with links to images and summaries available on the Linnean Society’s Online Collections (http://linnean-online.org/smith_correspondence.html).
Account for books, etc.
Requests specimens of "Mimosa".
Payment for books; news.
Introduces the Bouttelon brothers from Spain; plants from the Canary Islands; news.
Apologises for not replying to L'Héritier's letter sooner, has been in country at [Richard] Salisbury's and at Oxford with Sir Joseph Banks and [Jonas] Dryander looking over [John] Sibthorp's plants and drawings, which are "very fine" and will raise Sibthorp's name from "botanical infamy to very high botanical honour". Thanks for 'Sida' specimens: his 'S. paniculata' "certainly right", has not yet found 'S. arborea' owing to confusion of young Linnaeus' herbarium, remarks on 'S. americana', and L'Héritier's 'S. ricinoides', 'S. aphyllantha', and 'S. cistiflora' appear to be new.
He has been visiting [Richard] Salisbury. Inspected [John] Sibthorp's collections with [Jonas] Dryander and Sir Joseph Banks, praises their value. Returns L'Héritier's 'Sida'; his 'S. paniculata' is correct, has not yet found 'S. arborea' in young Linnaeus' herbarium, also 'S. americana', his 'S. vicinoides', 'S. aphyllum', and 'S. cistiflora' seem new. Has not had any plants from Frazer. Welcomes any papers by L'Héritier for "Linnean Transactions".