Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/11/40
Title Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 24 Oct 1800
Author(s) Samuel Goodenough 1743-1827
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/11/40 from Samuel Goodenough to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (24 October 1800)

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Item Type: Document
From: Goodenough, Samuel
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Spent the summer at his living of Cropredy, Oxfordshire, "one of the stillest places imaginable" but complains how all of the country "is in a state of cruel high cultivation, so that Nature's original designations are not to be discovered". Found 'Ulva compressa' on rocks in a rapidly running stream, an occurance never witnessed by him before; informed by [Dawson] Turner that 'Ulva compressa' and 'Ulva intestinalis' are the same plants. Hopes Smith's "Flora [Britannica]" is proceeding; its imperfect appearance "not relished" at Oxford. Did not see [George] Williams at Oxford but did visit the Botanic Garden, which was in very good form, and received 'Crocus officinalis' specimen which agreed with the description and figure in "English Botany". Received an old specimen of [Sir] T[homas] Frankland's 'Bromus secalinus' and now convinced he never saw it before; those sent under its name were 'Bromus mollis'. Presented Smith's gift of a plant to the Queen [Charlotte (1744-1818), wife of George III]. Knows nothing of political agitation or riots in the market town next to Cropredy.

Letter date: 24 Oct 1800
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 11.74
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Related MaterialSmith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London.
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.