MEMOIR

AND

CORRESPONDENCE

OF

THE LATE

SIR JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON;

MEMBER OF THE ACADEMIES OF

STOCKHOLM, UPSAL, TURIN, LISBON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, ETC. ETC.
THE IMPERIAL ACAD. NATURE CURIOSORUM,

AND

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT PARIS;

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON;

AND

PRESIDENT OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY.

EDITED

BY LADY SMITH.

"How delightful and how consolatory it is, among the disappointments and
anxieties of life, to observe Science, like Virtue, retaining its relish to the last!"
Sketch of a Tour on the Continent, vol. ii. p. 60.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

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PATERNOSter row.

CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

CHAPTER VII.

Correspondence of Edmund Davall, Esq.,-Sir James Edward

Smith, and the Marchioness of Rockingham ;-and two Let-

ters from Professor Afzelius....

CHAPTER VIII.

Miscellaneous Letters to Sir James Edward Smith, from 1797

to 1807 :-Mr. Voght.—Mrs. Charlotte Smith.-Mr. Voght.

-Professor Williams.—Mr. Johnes.-Sir Joseph Banks.—

Bishop of Winchester.-Mr. Brodie. Rev. Mr. Abbot.-Dr.

Buchanan.-Rev. Mr. Talbot.-From the same.-Sir Tho-

mas Frankland.-From the same.-Dr. Hedwig.—Mrs. John

Taylor.-J. E. Smith to M. Ventenat.-M. Ventenat.-From

the same.-J. E. Smith to Dr. Hedwig.-Sir William East.—

M. Mirbel. Duke of Bedford.-Mr. Johnes.-Professor Mar-

tyn. Mr. D. Turner.-Mr. J. Lee.-Colonel Hardwicke.

-Dr. Maton

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1

71.

CHAPTER IX.

Correspondence of Andrew Caldwell, Esq.;-and a few other

Letters relative to Ireland

....

123

CHAPTER X.

Miscellaneous Letters from 1810 to 1816:-Sir Thomas Frank-

land.-Mr. Walker.-Mr. W. Smith.-Dr. Waterhouse.-

Mrs. Cobbold.-Sir J. E. Smith.-Mr. J. Lee.-I. A. Pavon.

-Dr. Bigelow.-Sir Joseph Banks.-Dr. Tenore.—Mr. Rep-

ton.-Rev. Mr. Walpole.-Baron Humboldt.-Professor De-

Candolle, Duke of Bedford

....

167

Miscellaneous Letters to and from Sir J. E. Smith, from 1817 to

1827. Sir Thomas Gage.-Hon. DeWitt Clinton.-Rev. R.

Walpole. Sir J. E. Smith.-Dr. Wallich.-Sir T. Gage.-

Sir T. G. Cullum.-Sir T. Frankland.- Panzer.-Rev. J.

Yates.-D. Turner, Esq.-Mr. Sinclair.-Professor Hooker.

-Bergsma.—Mr. Lambert.—Mr. Talbot

CHAPTER XIII.

Correspondence of Mr. Roscoe and Sir J. E. Smith...

235

301

CHAPTER XIV.

Of the religious, social, and scientific Character of Sir J. E. Smith. 377

APPENDIX,

411