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From:
Archibald Menzies
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
12 Feb 1808
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/19, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Thanks for copy of Smith's "Introduction to Botany". Comments on error on page 263 regarding a 'Liliaceous' plant found by him on north-west coast of America, encloses note [extant] written by [Richard] Salisbury in margin of Sir Joseph Banks' copy of book stating same, offers to send the drawings and descriptions for Smith to reexamine.

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The Linnean Society of London
From:
Archibald Menzies
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
7 Mar 1808
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/24/20, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:

Would have complied with Smith's wishes relative to the new 'Liliaceous' genus but [Richard] Salisbury has published it in last number of "Paradisus Londinensis" as 'Hookera coronaria'; transcribes the entry.

Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London