Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/13/13
Title Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 25 Oct 1799
Author(s) Sir Thomas Gery, 7th baronet Cullum 1741-1831
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/13/13 from Sir Thomas Gery Cullum to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 October 1799)

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Item Type: Document
From: Cullum, Sir Thomas Gery
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Received visit from [Thomas] Marsham who says the 'Mentha' he sent Smith is 'Mentha sativa'; asks how figure in "English Botany" 448 resembles no.21 in [William] Sole's book ["Menthae Britannicae"]. Does not think Sole is a very skilled botanist, pointing out that Sole considers Dr [John] Hill [(c 1716-1775)] one of the first botanists. Hopes Smith received the parcel of Scottish plants sent by his son from Mr Bruce.
Hears "Flora Britannica" progresses well, recommends providing a reference for plants also appearing in "English Botany". Revd [Henry John] Wollaston has seen 'Senecio paludosus' growing abundantly in ditches near Brayford Water near Lincoln and at Nocton Fen on banks of River Witham leading to Boston, [Lincolnshire], proposes him as a FLS. Lately received letter from [Samuel] Goodenough. Dr [George] Shaw's 'Bradypus ursinus' was exhibited during the Bury Fair; agrees with [Thomas] Bewick's "Quadrupeds" that it is of the genus 'Ursus' and the animal in Bury is male whereas that shown in [Holborn] was a female, makes brief observations, in Latin.

Letter date: 25 Oct 1799
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 13.27
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 31 [Oct 1799]
Related MaterialFor Smith's reply of 31 October 1799, see JES/COR/13/14. Sole, W, (1798). "Menthae Britannicae: being a new botanical arrangement of all the British mints..." Bath: [printer:] Cruttwell. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. Bewick, T, (1885). "A general history of quadrupeds ..." London: Quaritch; [first published 1790].