From:
James Dickson
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
18 Mar 1800
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/ADD/17, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Asks Smith whether he should be silent and look over the mistakes he finds in other authors, or publish them; points out several errors in [William] Withering's last publication ["An arrangement of British plants" (1796)], including 'Sphagnum alpinum' and 'Phascum repens'.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London