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I wish neither to hurt nor quarrel with him. Bo- 
tanists are more sore on the subject of nomencla- 
ture than any other, especially when they are in 
the wrong. Linneus was aware of this when he 
wrote his Critica Botanica. I shall be happy to 
hear your opinion, with any advice or corrections, 
on these two volumes of the English Flora. I 
think there must be five in all, if I have health and 
eyes to finish them. I am now in Didynamia, and 
hope to get through it before I go to Town. De- 
Candolle is most injudicious in Ze¢radynamia, with 
an immensity of genera and subdivisions. 
We had an agreeable visit at Holkham in Octo- 
ber last, with Mr. and Miss Roscoe, the Duke of 
Sussex, &c. I introduced there Mr. Hunter, a na- 
tive American, brought up among the Indians, and 
now going back with the noble design of improving 
them on the wisest and best principles. If you and 
Mr. Corrie have not read his Memoirs of his 
Captivity, pray do. The Duke of Sussex and Mr. 
Coke were delighted with him. He came to Europe 
with every possible recommendation from people 
whom I know. 
I am, dear Madam, 
Your ever obliged, 
J. E. Smiru. 
Nathaniel John Winch, Esq. to Sir J. E. Smith. 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 26, 1824. 
My dear Sir, 
Permit me to return you my best thanks for the 
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