John Eddowes Bowman, Welsh Pool, [Montgomeryshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/2/66
Title John Eddowes Bowman, Welsh Pool, [Montgomeryshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 4 Oct 1817
Author(s) John Eddowes Bowman 1785-1841
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/2/66 from John Eddowes Bowman, Welsh Pool, [Montgomeryshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (4 October 1817)

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Item Type: Document
From: Bowman, John Eddowes
Sent from: Welshpool, Montgomeryshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Has found 'Potentilla rupestris' in the Breiddin Hills, near border with Shropshire, which from "English Botany" he is led to believe had been presumed a doubtful native due to it not being found again, will send Smith specimens if interested. Believes the hill he found it on may be the same as where [John] Ray first discovered it. Has also found two other rare plants, in the same place, mentioned by Ray; 'Veronica hybrida' and 'Lychnis Viscaria', and 'Hieracium murorum'. Desires to fix 'Veronica hybrida' as distinct from 'Veronica spicata', compares with a description only of the latter. Hopes to see a supplementary volume to "English Botany". Describes a 'Briza' unlike any of the Enlgish species and an 'Aspidium' which does not correspond with [James] Sowerby's figures, criticises Sowerby's plates of ferns as "not sufficiently characteristic of the different species".

Letter date: 4 Oct 1817
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 2.114
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 15 [Oct 1817]
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.
Related MaterialSmith, J E, Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.