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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/6/39
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
27 Feb 1804
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/39 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 February 1804)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/39 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 February 1804) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Smith about to receive copy of "A description of the genus Pinus" which is far superior to the earlier copies. Occupied with the Cayenne plants [Lambert purchased collections gathered in South America by Jospeh Martin and captured by English privateers], "never was such a collection ever before imported". Contains about 1700 species with no old plants except for those of [Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée] Aublet [(1720-1778) French botanist]. Five new species of 'Roupala' and five or six of 'Myristica'. Reminds Smith he is still looking for scarcer species of willow.
Letter date:
27 Feb 1804
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.72
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Apr [1804] |
| Related Material | For further on capture of natural history collections see JES/COR/6/35; JES/COR/6/37; JES/COR/6/39. Lambert, A B, (1803-1807). "A description of the genus Pinus ... (Some account of the medicinal and other uses of various substances prepared from the trees of the genus Pinus. By William George Maton.) [Volume 1.]." London: White. |
| 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. |
