Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/3/73
Title Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 8 Sep 1803
Author(s) Edward Daniel Clarke 1769-1822
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/3/73 from Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (8 September 1803)

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Item Type: Document
From: Clarke, Edward Daniel
Sent from: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Some time ago sent a living specimen of a new species of 'Astragalus' to Sir Joseph Banks but never received any answer regarding it. Sending Smith a dwarf 'Dianthus' from Siberia, now in flower in the college garden, which he believes to be a new species, brief description of the blossoms. At the top of the letter Smith has written a Latin description under 'Dianthus hyssopifolius', and stating that in his answer he said it may be called 'Dianthus diffusus' or the preferred 'Dianthus hyssopifolius'.

Letter date: 8 Sep 1803
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 3.136
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
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 MaterialFor mention of 'Dianthus' by Clarke in letter of 1804, see JES/COR/3/74.
AdditionalSmith replied 12 Oct [1803]