Joseph Bosworth, Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Congratulates Smith on his return to health and goes on to praise Smith's "most valuable and learned works on botany", the women in his family are especially delighted with the "The English Flora" and Smith's "precision" compares favourably to the "vapid conversations and trite introductions to botany that have lately appeared". For the sake of women readers suggests that in his "Introduction to Botany" Smith accentuates the "peculiar" words so as to aid pronunciation.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1800

From

Joseph Bosworth

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

2 Oct 1824

Sent from

Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/2/72, 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.

• Joseph Bosworth
• Sir James Edward Smith