| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/59 |
| Title | William Brunton, Ripon, [Yorkshire], to James Edward Smith |
| Description | Sent plants to [James] Sowerby, listed, with details of habitats, including: 'Mentha gentilis', 'Hieracium umbellatum', 'Impatiens noli-tangere', 'Mentha arvensis', 'Poa distans'. Has found but not sending specimens of 'Bromus secalinus', 'Bromus multiflorus', 'Hypericum lubium'; has specimens in herbarium of 'Potentilla aurea', resisted persuasion to call it 'P. verna'. Asks if the fern he encloses is the 'Cyathea incisa' of "English botany" [Smith has annotated "'fragilis'"]. |
| Date | 31 Aug 1801 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 2 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
| Notes | Smith replied 7 Oct [1801] |
| PrevRefNo | 21.103 |
| 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 | Brunton, William (1775-1806) |
| Access_Status | Open |