From:
Edward Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
14 Feb 1825
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/15, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Thanks for Christmas turkey. Will ask [James] Bicheno what Smith said respecting Turner's explusion. Requested further information from [William] Borrer on 'Salix tetrapla' Walker. Wished to proposes Mertens as FMLS but afraid to in consequence of Dawson Turner's "slander", will attempt again next year.
Expects Smith will have trouble with cryptogamia; thinks the public expects Smith to give the whole vegetable kingdom ["English Flora"].
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London