| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/45 |
| Title | Arthur Bruce, Nicholsons Street, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Thanks for Smith's letter of 18 June [1797]; gratified by Smith's acceptance of offer of his herbarium on his death. Recently visited Fife, Dumfermline; account of a gelatinous marine plant. Satisfaction at "Linnean Transactions" and papers on 'Fucus' and 'Carex' in third and second volumes. Encloses specimens from Mrs Roget [extant]. Smith's description of [Nicholas] Gwyn makes him think of "some majestic oak" now mouldering away. All in expectation of Smith's "Flora Britannica". Supposes his Scottish 'Silene amoena' and the Welsh are the same.
Two specimens, labelled by Smith "'Orobus tuberosa' narrow leaved" and "'Valeriana rubra' dwarf". |
| Date | 28 Aug 1797 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 4 pp, 2 sp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Goodenough, S, and Woodward, T J, 'Observations on the British Fuci, with particular Descriptions of each Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1797 3(1), pp.84-235.
Goodenough, S, 'Observations on the British Species of Carex', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1794 2(1), pp.126-211.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
| Notes | Smith replied 9 Aug 1798 |
| PrevRefNo | 21.79 |
| 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 | Bruce, Arthur (1726-1805) |
| Smith, Sir James Edward (1759-1828) |
| Access_Status | Open |