Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
Sent from:
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Reviewed first volume of "Linnean Transactions" with [Thomas] Woodward, their opinions: Woodward thought it very thin but Cullum would be happy to see annual production of similar sized volume; [Espirit] Giorna's paper on insect wings should have been translated; [Adam] Afzelius' paper on 'Trifolium' "tedious"; wonders what the Society in Warwick Street [Society for the Promotion of Natural History ?] think of it.
'Colchium autumnale' now in flower, transcribes Latin observations on it made by a near relation of his in 1773. Suggests travel arrangements for Smith to reach his house in Suffolk, hopes Smith will return the many visits he paid Smith in Marlborough Street. Publications: asks after Hoffmann's "botanical pocket book" he has seen advertised; when "Flora Lapponica" is to be published; and if there is any thought of a new "Species plantarum". Asks Smith to pay his bill to [James] Sowerby for him.
Letter date:
22 Aug 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
13.5
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Sep [1791] |
| Related Material | Giorna, E, 'Account of a singular Conformation in the Wings of some Species of Moths', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1791 1(1), pp.135-146.
Afzelius, A, 'The Botanical History of Trifolium alpestre, medium, and pratense', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1791 1(1), pp.202-248.
Hoffmann, G F, (1796). "The flora of Germany or a botanical pocket-companion for... 1795. Vol.II. Cryptogamy..." Erlangen: Palm.
Linnaeus, C, and Smith, J E, (1792). "Flora Lapponica" London: B. White & Son.
Linnaeus, C, and Willdenow, C L, (1797-1830). "Species plantarum exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus synonymis selectis, locis natalibus secundum systema sexuale digestas ... Editio quarta ... curante Carolo Ludovico Willdenow." Berolini: Impensis G. C. Nauk, 4th ed. |
