Francis Boott, 20 Southampton Row, Russell Square, [London], to Sir James Edward Smith, 4 Chapel Place, [London]

Summary

Thanks for plants and copy of "Selection of the correspondence of Linnaeus"; his admiration of [Peter] Collinson [(1694-1768)] and [John] Ellis [(1710-1776)] from reading their letters. Extremely cold spring. Joy at wild specimen of '[Hedysarum] gyrans' and majestic fruit of the "Dalichos". Will forward [David] Hosack's parcel to Smith.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1855

From

Francis Boott

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

31 May 1821

Sent from

London

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/20/121, 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.