A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland

James Edward Smith (1759–1828) was an eminent English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society of London. He was a prolific writer and a leading botanical authority of his time. Smith's contributions to the field of botany are underscored by his work on plant classification and taxonomy, where he deployed a Linnean framework of nomenclature that had a lasting influence on scientific discourse. ...