From:
Sir Joseph Banks
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
6 Jan 1799
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/1/64, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks Mrs Smith for turkey. Flattered by dedication of "Flora Anglica" [Britannica]. Remarks on severity of the winter, in which his steward has reported hearing "frost crack" in trees, apparently not observed in England since the "Hard Frost" of 1739-1740. Time has been taken up with Committee of Coinage so has done very little botany. [Jonas] Dryander printing catalogue.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London