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GB-110/JES/COR/9/89
Title
Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
5 Oct 1798
Author(s)
Olof Peter Swartz 1760-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/89 from Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith (5 October 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/89 from Olof Swartz, Stockholm, [Sweden], to James Edward Smith (5 October 1798) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Swartz, Olof Peter
Sent from:
Stockholm, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends West Indies plants and Swedish 'Musci'. Longs to see Smith's new genera recently published in "Linnean Transactions". Hopes to finish his "Flora Indiae occidentalis" next year. Hopes Smith received the papers he sent including one by him on ['Epidendrum'] L. Praises [Archibald] Menzies' new arrangement of 'Polytrichum'. Preparing a paper on 'Ehrharta' for "Linnean Transactions".
Letter date:
5 Oct 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.169
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, 'The Characters of Twenty New Genera of Plants', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1798 4(1), pp.213-223. Swartz, O, (1797-1806). "Flora Indiae occidentalis aucta atque illustrata sive descriptiones plantarum in prodromo recensitarum." Erlanga: Palm. Menzies, A, 'A New Arrangement of the Genus Polytrichum, with some Emendations', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1798 4(1), pp.63-84. Swartz, O, 'The Botanical History of the Genus Ehrharta', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1802 6(1), pp.40-64. Swartz, O. 'The botanical history of the genus Ehrharta.' Read 7/1/1800. With a small pen and ink drawing. |
| 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. |
