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LINNEAN449

From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
15 Jan 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/94, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkey. Asks whether [William] Roscoe is currently able to accept visits from strangers.

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN450

From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
9 Jun [1817]
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/95, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Informs Smith he will be at Spring Grove, Isleworth, Middlesex, for a while and encloses £6 for supply of turkeys.

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The Linnean Society of London

LINNEAN1899

From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
25 Dec 1817
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/20/51, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for turkies and buns. Comments on Smith's article on botany in the "Scotch Encyclopedia" [Rees' "Cyclopedia"], which he had previously neglected to peruse; admires his defence of Linnaeus' natural classes but considers De Jussieu's system superior. Comments on the "immense" improvement in botany since he first started studying it, citing Smith and [James] Sowerby's "English botany", which would have saved him years of labour.

[Note in Smith's hand] this letter printed in "Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus" vol 2 p.577.

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