| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/17/139 |
| Title | William Roscoe, Toxteth [Park], near Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Prevented by his poor health and incessant occupations from joining the Smiths at Holkham, [Norfolk, home of Thomas William Coke].
Asks Smith's opinion of most recent parts of his "Monandrain Plants", particularly the descriptions. His greatest difficulty has been acquiring species of 'Amomum'; none have flowered [at Liverpool Botanic Garden]; asks if there are any in the drawings Smith received from Dr [Francis] Hamilton for "Exotic Botany". Settled the boundary between 'Maranta' and 'Phrynium', excluding [Georg Friedrich Wilhelm] Meyer's 'Calathea' which he has included in 'Phrynium', though notes that [John] Lindley [(1799-1865), botanist] is trying to establish it in new edition of "Bot. Reg." and Sprengel also recognises it. |
| Date | 1 Feb 1826 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | For Smith's reply of 7 October 1826, see JES/COR/17/141.
Roscoe, W, (1828). "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the Botanic Garden At Liverpool ... With descriptions and observations." Liverpool: [printer:] G. Smith.
Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. |
| Notes | Smith replied 7 Oct [1826] |
| PrevRefNo | 17.279 |
| 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 | Roscoe, William (1753-1831) |
| Access_Status | Open |