| Ref No | GB-110/JES/COR/21/73 |
| Title | Susan E Corrie, [Woodville, near Birmingham, Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] |
| Description | Thanks for book ["A grammar of botany" (1821)]; likes it the more because of its dedication to her mother [Susan Corrie]. Account of flowers showing in their garden: snow drops, Christmas roses, Dutch tulips, Scotch crocus, and double crimson hepaticas. Believes her tiger moth chrysalis is dead. Sends drawings of moths [extant].
Four drawings of moths and an insect, pencil on card: '[Phalaena] batis', '[Phalaena] dives', '[Phalaena] lichenaria', 'Tenthredo lutea' [dated 22 February]. |
| Date | 4 Feb 1821 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 5 pp |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1821). "A grammar of botany, illustrative of artificial, as well as natural, classification, with an explanation of Jussieu's system." London: Longman. |
| PrevRefNo | 21.126 |
| 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 | Corrie, Susan E (fl 1820-1821) |
| Access_Status | Open |