Sir Joseph Banks to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

Summary

Thanks for turkies and buns. Comments on Smith's article on botany in the "Scotch Encyclopedia" [Rees' "Cyclopedia"], which he had previously neglected to peruse; admires his defence of Linnaeus' natural classes but considers De Jussieu's system superior. Comments on the "immense" improvement in botany since he first started studying it, citing Smith and [James] Sowerby's "English botany", which would have saved him years of labour.

[Note in Smith's hand] this letter printed in "Selection of the Correspondence of Linnaeus" vol 2 p.577.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN1899

From

Sir Joseph Banks

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

25 Dec 1817

Sent to

Norwich, Norfolk

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/20/51, 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.

• Sir James Edward Smith
• Sir Joseph Banks