Ref NoGB-110/JES/COR/17/66
TitleJames Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Allerton Hall, [near Liverpool, Lancashire]
DescriptionAbout to send first 3000 specimens of his herbarium for Liverpool Botanic Garden. Glad to hear of [John] Bradbury's intended expedition [to study botany of Louisiana and the Mississippi]. Thanks [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] for specimens of 'Maranta' and the one seed; it is a difficult genus. George Don has found 'Hypericum barbatum' Jacquin "Florae Austriacae" t259 growing wild in Scotland, it will appear in February's "English botany" along with new 'Scirpus', new 'Potamogeton', and pretty new 'Equisetum'. Pleased to hear of Roscoe's work on Abate [Luigi] Lanzi [(1732-1810, Italian art historian].

Concerned for Rathbone's health. Asks Roscoe's opinion of ninth volume of "Linnean Transactions" and his paper on the vitellus [see RelatedMaterial below]. Comments on the "miserable" news from Spain; hopes the country will not be conquered in its mountains.
Date11 Dec 1808
LevelItem
Extent4 pp
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialJacquin, N J v, (1773-1778). "Florae Austriacae, sive plantarum selectarum in Austriae Archiducatu sponte crescentium, icones..." Viennae Austriae: [printer:] Kaliwoda.

Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.

Smith, J E, 'An Inquiry into the Structure of Seeds, and especially into the true Nature of that Part called by Gaertner the Vitellus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9(1), pp.204-217.
PrevRefNo17.133
Finding_AidsDawson, 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 NameSmith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828)
Access_StatusOpen
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
GB/110/1/11Smith; Sir; James Edward (1759-1828); Knight; botanist1759-1828
GB/110/1/31Roscoe; William (1753-1831); historian and patron of the arts1753-1831
GB/110/1/84Bradbury; John (1768-1823); botanist1768-1823
GB/110/1/32Don; George (1764-1814); clockmaker and nurseryman1764-1814
GB/110/1/106Jacquin; Nikolaus Joseph von (1727-1817); Baron; botanist and chemist1727-1817
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