| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/12/75 |
| Title | Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to Samuel Goodenough |
| Description | Takes on advice in Goodenough's last letter on "English Flora": only explanations of generic names will be for those new to British readers; praises Goodenough's plan for accenting but decides to adopt a simpler system. Queries whether [Augustin] de Candolle's new term, "carpella", for the single grains of compound fruits should not be "carpiola". Adopting [Johann von] Schreber's [(1739-1810)] genus 'Spartina' for 'Dactylis stricta' but the French have called it 'Limnetis'. Fears [William] Swainson has not succeeded in his attempts for a British Museum post. Regrets that party politics should make men such as [Thomas William] Coke and Edmund Wodehouse [(1784-1855), politician] enemies; feels some alarm at difference in age between Coke and his new wife [fifty years his junior]. [William] Roscoe preparing a "very excellent distribution of the species of 'Canna'" for Linnean Society. |
| Date | 13 Mar 1822 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Goodenough's letter of 8 March 1822, to which this is a reply see JES/COR/12/74; for Goodenough's reply to this letter of 14 March 1822, see JES/COR/12/76.
Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
| Publn_Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.604-605. |
| PrevRefNo | 12.140 |
| Creator Name | Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) |
| Access_Status | Open |