William Dandridge Peck, Cambridge, [Massachusetts], New England, to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/8/16
Title William Dandridge Peck, Cambridge, [Massachusetts], New England, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 20 Apr 1817
Author(s) William Dandridge Peck 1763-1822
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/8/16 from William Dandridge Peck, Cambridge, [Massachusetts], New England, to Sir James Edward Smith (20 April 1817)

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Item Type: Document
From: Peck, William Dandridge
Sent from: Cambridge, Massachusetts
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Introduces Theodore Lyman, of Boston, [Massachusetts], who sends small parcel of local indigenous plants and is about to embark on a tour of Europe before studying at Oxford. Often thinks of his visit to Norfolk and to [James] Crowe's Salicetum and observing 'Verbascum pulverulentum', asks after Smith's Norfolk friends. Correspondence with [William] Kirby, will send Kirby, [Alexander] Macleay and [Thomas] Marsham insects. Sends some local plants, including a 'Hypnum'. Peck's authority incorrectly quoted in [Frederick] Pursh's "Flora of North America": 'Diapensia cuneifolia' is a southern plant and not found in the White Mountains, received a a specimen of it from [Henry] Muhlenberg. His local Botanic Garden struggling for lack of funds, local merchants have contributed to grow exotic plants but it is has few North American plants, a young man has been engaged to gather plants from the US interior.

Letter date: 20 Apr 1817
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 8.27
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialPursh, F T, (1814). "Flora Americae Septentrionalis; or, a systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America..." London: White.
AdditionalSmith replied 3 Jan 1818