| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/133 |
| Title | William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, [near Liverpool, Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Thanks for hospitality during his stay at Norwich. Literary activities: his work on [Alexander] Pope [(1688-1744), poet] drawing to a conclusion with just the biography to be printed; expecting to publish first part of his botanical work ["Monandrian plants"], in which is giving give the generic and specific characters and descriptions in English as his botanical phraseology is too limited; as Smith and [William] Roxburgh did in "Exotic Botany" and "Flora Indica". |
| Date | 19 Jan 1824 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Roscoe, W, (1828). "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the Botanic Garden At Liverpool ... With descriptions and observations." Liverpool: [printer:] G. Smith.
Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby.
Roxburgh, W, (1820-1824). "Flora Indica; or descriptions of Indian plants... Edited by William Carey, to which are added descriptions of plants... discovered by Nathaniel Wallich." Serampore: [printer:] Mission Press. |
| PrevRefNo | 17.268 |
| Finding_Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Creator Name | Roscoe, William (1753-1831) |
| Access_Status | Open |