From:
Sir William Jackson Hooker
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
11 Apr 1825
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/23/12, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
Visiting English friends; desires to call on Smith.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London
Visiting English friends; desires to call on Smith.
Asked by [George] Hibbert and [Alexander] Macleay to nominate a candidate for superintendence of the Botanic Garden of Jamaica; nominates [James] MacFadyen [(1800-1850), physician and botanist]; his qualifications. Thanks for agreeable afternoon he and his family lately spent with Smith in Norwich.