From:
Humphry Repton
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
19 Jun 1809
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/8/90, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Sends his paper on ivy which he had previously addressed to Sir Joseph Banks. Banks believes ivy classes with "woodbind" as a "vegetable beast of prey". Repton refutes Banks' claim with his own observations on ivy's less aggressive nature, offers the paper to Smith and Linnean Society.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London