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tion calls the Linnaean system lese nature. I hope 

 you agree with me as to the name of Linnaeus, — see 

 two or three last Monthly Magazines*. Jussieu in 

 his French letter writes Linnceus ; so do all the 

 French now. 



Believe me, with best respects to Mrs. Roscoe 

 and all your family, very affectionately yours, 



J. E. Smith. 



Mr. Roscoe to Sir J. E. Smith. 



My dear Friend, Allerton, Jan. 2, 181 1. 



I have been so long without hearing from you, 

 that I have at length brought down my obstinate 

 hand to the paper, from an irresistible desire of 

 knowing how you are, what you are doing, and 

 when I may hope for the pleasure of seeing you 

 once more in this part of England. For my own 

 part, I have been kept in the house nearly three 

 weeks by indisposition, from which I am now pretty 

 well recovered. This twilight of convalescence is 

 an excellent season for turning one's mind to fa- 

 vourite studies and amusements ; and when these 

 happen to be intermixed with sentiments of affec- 

 tion and friendship, they afford a better restorative 

 than most that the pharmacopoeia can supply. Since 

 I last wrote to you (I believe) we have made a pur- 

 chase of the late Col. Velley's most beautiful col- 

 lection of plants, including not only his marine 

 specimens, but many others, all of which are pre- 



* For the letter here mentioned see Appendix. 



