James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London, to L'Héritier, 88 Rue Quincampoix, Paris, [France]

Summary

Apologises for not replying to L'Héritier's letter sooner, has been in country at [Richard] Salisbury's and at Oxford with Sir Joseph Banks and [Jonas] Dryander looking over [John] Sibthorp's plants and drawings, which are "very fine" and will raise Sibthorp's name from "botanical infamy to very high botanical honour". Thanks for 'Sida' specimens: his 'S. paniculata' "certainly right", has not yet found 'S. arborea' owing to confusion of young Linnaeus' herbarium, remarks on 'S. americana', and L'Héritier's 'S. ricinoides', 'S. aphyllantha', and 'S. cistiflora' appear to be new.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN110

From

Sir James Edward Smith

To

Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle

Date

13 Jun 1788

Sent from

London

Sent to

Paris, France

Source of text

GB-110/JES/ADD/93, The Linnean Society of London

Language

English

Contributor

The Linnean Society of London[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith, The Linnean Society's Archive Catalogue.