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GB-110/JES/COR/6/115
Title
Charles Lyell, Bartley Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
8 Dec 1808
Author(s)
Charles Lyell 1769-1849
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/115 from Charles Lyell, Bartley Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (8 December 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/115 from Charles Lyell, Bartley Lodge, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (8 December 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lyell, Charles
Sent from:
Lyndhurst, Hampshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Has left specimens from George Don for Smith with [James] Sowerby. Employed Don to plant a shrubbery at his Angus residence, praises his botanical skills. Don accused by his "namesake at Cambridge" [James Donn (1758-1813) curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden] of acquiring from Cambridge his "pretended discoveries" as seeds, including: 'Hypericum barbatum', 'Centaurea intybacea', and 'Lamium dissectum?'; his 'Potentilla opaca' is the 'Potentilla obscura', and doubts 'Galium verrucosum'. Recommends Don's habitats be examined by trustworthy botanist; laments that neither [Dawson] Turner, [William Jackson] Hooker, or [William] Borrer ever went to Forfar during their trips to Scotland.
Letter date:
8 Dec 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.206
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 14 Jan 1809 |
| 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. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of Don's "pretended discoveries" see JES/COR/6/116; for letters from Goodenough discussing same see JES/COR/11/70; JES/COR/11/74; JES/COR/11/97. |
