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GB-110/JES/COR/4/39
Title
John Davies, Trinity College, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Dec 1810
Author(s)
John Davies 1743-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/39 from John Davies, Trinity College, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith (12 December 1810)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/39 from John Davies, Trinity College, [Cambridge, Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith (12 December 1810) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davies, John
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Requests Smith's assistance in finding a builder to rebuild the Parsonage House at his friend's Rev Trivett's new living near Yarmouth, Norfolk. Recalls seeing 'Mespilus germanica' in Sussex, compares it to figures in several works and concludes that the one in "English Botany" is a cultivated variety. Asks why [Thomas] Martyn has not been mentioned in "Hortus Kewensis" as the publisher of [Philip] Miller's "Gardener's Dictionary". [James] Donn [(1758-1813) gardener] is publishing another edition of "Hortus Cantabrigiensis".
Letter date:
12 Dec 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.58
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Donn, J, [1811]. "Hortus Cantabrigiensis" 6th ed., Cambridge: M. Watson; please note only the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 13th editions are available from Linnean Society Library. Aiton, W, (1810-1813). "Hortus Kewensis" London: Longman. Miller, P, Marytn, T (ed.), (1807). "The gardener’s and botanist’s dictionary" 9th ed., Rivington; note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 4 Jan 1811 |
