Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/69
Title Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith, London
Letter date 27 May 1819
Author(s) Nathaniel Wallich 1785-1854
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/69 from Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith, London (27 May 1819)

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Item Type: Document
From: Wallich, Nathaniel
Sent from: Calcutta, India
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Received Smith's letter of 16 September 1818. Parcel of plants for Smith sent via Captain Craigie of the Hadlow. Plans to send specimens of 'Aeginetia indica' and his own 'Aeginetia pedunculata' ([William] Roxburgh's 'Orobanche'). Will send 'Orchideae', including those described by Smith in Rees' "Cyclopedia", such as 'Neottia tortillis' and 'Neottia procera'; some 'Stelides'; and from Smith's "Exotic Botany" 'Epidendrum praecox', 'Epidendrum humile', and 'Orchis gigantea'. Will also send ferns, a parcel of them already sent to [William Jackson] Hooker. Requests Smith to send duplicates of parcels to Sir Joseph Banks, [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, and [Edward] Rudge.
Observations and queries on the specimens sent with Captain Craigie, some have been annotated by Smith in pencil, plants include: 'Rubia cordifolia' or 'Rubia mungista'; 'Rubia alata'; 'Galium elegans'; 'Galium asplenifolium'; 'Hedyotis gracilis'; 'Daphne gardneri'; 'Gaultheria fragrantissima'; 'Rhododendron arboreum'; 'Cornus oblongifolia'; 'Berbersi pinnata'; 'Primula denticulata'; 'Paris polyphylla'; 'Pinus longifolia'; 'Triumfetta oblonga'; 'Ajuga hyoscyami'; 'Epidendum praecox'; 'Acrostichum flagelliferum'; 'Stellaria triandra'; 'Tacca palmata'; 'Hoya viridiflora'; 'Fraxinus floribunda'; 'Ligustrum napalense' or 'Ligustrum japonicum'; 'Buddleia paniculata'; 'Teucrium macrostachyum'; 'Jasminum dispermum'; 'Juglans pterococca'; 'Ulmus virgata'; 'Clematis smilacifolia'; 'Andromeda ovalifolia'; 'Ormosia dasycarpa'; 'Combretum costatum'; and 'Quercus spicata' [this is a very long list of plants, only those plants present in the Smith herbarium are listed here, with some exceptions].
Smith has noted on the reverse of this letter that he sent Wallich "Compendium Florae Britannicae".

Letter date: 27 May 1819
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 10.114
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 6 Mar 1820
Related MaterialFor Smith's letter to Wallich, see JES/COR/10/67. For Smith's reply of 6 March 1820, see JES/ADD/117. Smith, J E, and Hoffmann, G F, (1818). "Compendium florae Britannicae." Londinum: [printer:] Davis, 3rd ed. Many of the plants sent are in the Smith herbarium, the number following each is the Savage reference: 'Rubia cordifolia' / 'Rubia mungista' 0187.4.1 & 0187.4.2 'Rubia alata' 0187.5 'Galium elegans' 0185.71 'Galium asplenifolium' 0185.11 'Hedyotis gracilis' 0177.4 'Daphne gardneri' 0686.27 'Gaultheria fragrantissima' 0791.3 'Rhododendron arboreum' 0788.7 'Cornus oblongifolia' 0211.10 'Primula denticulata' 0271.3 'Paris polyphylla' 0703.3 & 0703.4.2 'Pinus longifolia' 1493.7.2 'Triumfetta oblonga' 0863.5 'Ajuga hyoscyami' 0994.7 'Acrostichum flagelliferum' 1622.25 & 1622.26 'Tacca palmata' 0873.4 'Fraxinus floribunda' 1599.8 'Ligustrum napalense' / 'Ligustrum japonicum' 0031.3 'Buddleia paniculata' 0202.4 'Jasminum dispermum' 0029.16 'Juglans pterococca' 1479.5 'Ulmus virgata' 0467.7 'Clematis smilacifolia' 0974.37 'Andromeda ovalifolia' 0789.29 'Ormosia dasycarpa' 0718.2 'Combretum costatum' 0658.11 & 0658.13
Finding AidsDawson, 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.