Apologises for sending Smith her proofs; she did not realise he wished to see the finished work only. Finds it impossible to publish her work; offers the sketches to Smith.
[Spec 13 written in pencil at top of verso of first folio]
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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).
Apologises for sending Smith her proofs; she did not realise he wished to see the finished work only. Finds it impossible to publish her work; offers the sketches to Smith.
[Spec 13 written in pencil at top of verso of first folio]
Encloses sheets of her work on vegetable physiology for Smith's opinion; explains her method and reasoning.
Thanks for Smith's letter. Asks Smith to hold his judgement of her work until she sends a further paper on vegetable physiology following based on her findings from leaf dissections; she despairs of ever presenting her findings to the world.
Asks if Smith received her second set of papers [on vegetable physionomy].