From:
Thomas Furly Forster
To:
Sir James Edward Smith
Date:
11 Jan 1825
Source of text:
GB-110/JES/COR/22/50, The Linnean Society of London
Summary:
He has been very ill for the last 9 months. Thanks for turkey; pleased to hear the Smiths will visit in the spring. The 'Vicia' Smith mentioned is [John] Sibthorp's 'V. angustifolia', not the 'V. lathyroides' of [William] Hudson; will write further on the 'Cnicus', it grows near Tunbridge Wells, [Kent]. Recommends [Robert] Brown as first choice or [James] Bicheno as second for Linnean Society Secretaryship, or [Edward] Barnard.
Contributor:
The Linnean Society of London