| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/10 |
| Title | James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe |
| Description | Enjoyed John Shepherd's [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] Norwich visit. Imparts news of the Taylors. Impressed with Shepherd's observational skills, having identified weeds in his garden as 'Sagittaria', 'Mecurialis annua', 'Potamogeton densum', and several others. Shepherd has promised to supply Roscoe's garden with Norfolk 'Verbascum pulverulentum', 'Verbascum triste' ("Flora Graeca"), and Lily of the Valley from seed gathered in local woods. Believes Shepherd's correspondence with Lady [Amelia] Hume and Lady de Clifford [Sophia Southwell] will be "mutually useful". Asks Roscoe's opinion on Latin declination of name "de Medicio, Mediceorum". |
| Date | 2 Nov 1803 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Roscoe's letter of 10 October 1803, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/9.
Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
| PrevRefNo | 17.15 |
| Finding_Aids | Dawson, W R (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Creator Name | Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) |
| Access_Status | Open |