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GB-110/JES/COR/14/28
Title
James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland]
Letter date
4 Jan 1791
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/28 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (4 January 1791)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/28 from James Edward Smith, London, to Edmund Davall, Orbe, Canton de Berne, [Switzerland] (4 January 1791) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Davall, Edmund
Sent to location:
Orbe, Switzerland
Summary:
Alphabetical confirmation and observations on specimens sent by Davall [on 12 November 1790], plants include: 'Allium angulosum', 'Phalaris phleoides', variety of 'Lotus corniculata', 'Selinum palustre', 'Agrostis calamagrostis', 'Arundo epigejos', 'Ribes petraeum', 'Coronulla minima', '[Gnaphalium] orientale', 'Hieracium molle', 'Rosa collina', 'Rosa arvensis', 'Androsaces villosa', 'Androsace lactea', 'Anemone alpina', 'Scirpus caespitosus', and 'Schoneus ferrugineus'.
Numbered observations on specimens sent by Davall in parcel of 27 February 1790, now complete. Will send 'Arundo epigejo' another time. Mislaid 'Saxifraga sedoides' so cannot give opinion.
Letter date:
4 Jan 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.64
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | For Davall's letter of 12 November 1790, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/14/26. For Davall's letter of 27 February, including systematic list of plants sent, see JES/COR/14/14. For Davall's reply of 21 May 1791, see JES/COR/14/33. |
