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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF BRITISH AND IRISH BOTANISTS. 311
Victoria, 1852. Contributed to 'Flora of Liverpool,' 1872.
E. S. C. V. 724.
Smith, James (fl. 1820). Nurseryman, of Ayr. "A very diligent
practical botanist," Mem. Wernerian Soc. iii. 298. Discovered
Veronica hirsuta. Hook. Fl. Scot. G.
Smith, James (fl. 1830). Of Edinburgh. In Demerara, 1829.
' On the Milk-tree of Demerara,' Edinb. New Phil. Journ. \^u.
1830, 315. K. S. C. V. 725.
Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) : b. Norwich, 2nd Dec.
1759; d. Norwich, 17th March, 1828 ; bur. Lowestoft. M.D.,
Leyden, 1786. F.R.S., 1785. Founded Linu. Soc, 1788.
P.L.S., 1788-1828. Purchased Linnaus' collections, 1784.
Kmghted, 1814. 'English Dot.,' 1790-1814. 'Flora Brit.,'
1794-1804. f/.sya >itcoi ^fiTCii/vuv Spreugel ; Pritz. 299; Jacks.
607 ;
' Memoir and Correspondence,' by Lady Smith, with
portr. by H. B. Love, engr. W. Say, after bust by Chantrey
E. S. C. V. 725; Nich. Ihustr. vi. 830, with portr.; Nich.
Anecd. viii. ; Cott. Card. v. 185 ; Mag. Nat. Hist. i. (1829), 90;
Gent. Mag. 1828, i. 297 ; Allibone. Bust by Chantrey at Linn.
Soc. Portr. in Thornton. Copy at Kew. Engr. by R. Pastorini.
Smithia Aiton, Dryander.
Smith, Rev. John (fl. 1695). Sent plants to Petiver from
Guinea, Mus. Pet. nos. 21, 95.
Smith, John (1798-1888): b. Aberdour, Fife, 5th Oct. 1798;
d. Kew, 14th Feb. 1888; bur. Kew Churchyard. A.L.S.,
1837. Gardener at Edinburgh Bot. Card., 1818; at Kew,
1822 ; Curator, 1841-64. 'Ferns, British and Foreign,'
1866. 'Domestic Botany,' 1871. ' Historia Filicum,' 1875.
'Dictionary of Economic Botany,' 1882. Pritz. 300; Jacks.
607; E. S. C. v. 729; viii. 972; Journ. Bot. 1888, 102; Autobiog.,
Gard. Chron. 1876 ; Card. Chron. 1888, i. 216 ; Athenaeum,'
1888, i. 248 ; Amials of Bot. ii. (1889), 429, with bibliog.
Photo, portr. at Kew. Fern Herbarium in Mus. Brit.
Smith, Joseph (1774 ?-1857) : d. Gray's Inn, London, 26th May,
1857. Barrister. F.E.S., 1819. F.L.S., 1811. "WeU acquainted
with British plants," Proc. Linn. Soc. 1857-8, xxxvii.
Smith, Rev. William (1808-1857) : b. Ballymoney, Co. Antrim,
12ih Jan. 180b; d. Cork, 6th Oct. 1857. Unitarian Minister.
F.L.S., 1847. Prof. Nat. Hist., Queen's Coll., Cork, 1854.
' Synopsis of Brit. Diatoms,' 1853-56. ' List of Diatomacete in
Brit. Mus.,' 1859. Pritz. 300; Jacks. 607; R. S. C. v. 733;
Proc. Linn. Soc. 1857-58, xxxvii.
Smith, William (1804 9-1828); b. Hopctoun, Linlithgowsh., c.
1804; d. Loudon, 15th Nov. 1828. A.L.S., 1828. Gardener
E. Hort Soc, Chiswick. Studied British roses. Gard. Mag.
V. 495.
Snooke, William Drew (1787-1857) : b. Wool, Dorset, 6th Nov.
1787 ; d. Itydc, 5th Sept. 1857 ; bur. Eyde Cemetery. ' Flora
Vcctiana,' 1823. Jacks. 254.
Solander, Daniel Charles (1736-1782) : b. Nordland, Sweden,
1736; d. London, 1782. D.C.L., Oxon, 1771. F.li.S. Favourite