John Hope, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, at Sir Joseph Bank's house, Soho, London

Summary

Thanks for copy of Smith's dissertation ["on the sexes of plants" (1786)] and for dedicating it to him. On further consideration has decided against his plans for large scale publication of entirety of 'Asafoetida', especially as Sir Joseph Banks had done it in best way possible. Pleased by Smith's intention to publish new edition of "Species plantarum"; wishes that the King would give Smith a pension so that he could give up medicine for Botany.

Letter details

Record number

LINNEAN2190

From

John Hope

To

Sir James Edward Smith

Date

24 Apr 1786

Sent from

Edinburgh

Sent to

London

Source of text

GB-110/JES/COR/23/17, 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.

• John Hope
• Sir James Edward Smith