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Ref No
GB-110/JES/COR/17/10
Title
James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe
Letter date
2 Nov 1803
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/10 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe (2 November 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/10 from James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe (2 November 1803) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Roscoe, William
Summary:
Enjoyed John Shepherd's [(c 1764-1836, curator Liverpool Botanic Garden] Norwich visit. Imparts news of the Taylors. Impressed with Shepherd's observational skills, having identified weeds in his garden as 'Sagittaria', 'Mecurialis annua', 'Potamogeton densum', and several others. Shepherd has promised to supply Roscoe's garden with Norfolk 'Verbascum pulverulentum', 'Verbascum triste' ("Flora Graeca"), and Lily of the Valley from seed gathered in local woods. Believes Shepherd's correspondence with Lady [Amelia] Hume and Lady de Clifford [Sophia Southwell] will be "mutually useful". Asks Roscoe's opinion on Latin declination of name "de Medicio, Mediceorum".
Letter date:
2 Nov 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.15
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 Roscoe's letter of 10 October 1803, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/9. Sibthorp, J, (1806-1837). "Flora Graeca", London: Taylor. |
