Jill Smythies Award

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The Jill Smythies Award of the Linnean Society of London was established in 1986 and is awarded annually to a botanical artist.^[1]

The award was established by Bertram Smythies, in honour of his wife, Florence Mary Smythies ("Jill"), whose career as a botanical artist was cut short by an accident to her right hand.^[2][3]