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GB-110/JES/COR/17/141
Title
Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire]
Letter date
7 Oct 1826
Author(s)
Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/141 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (7 October 1826)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/141 from Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk], to William Roscoe, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, [Lancashire] (7 October 1826) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Norwich, Norfolk
To:
Roscoe, William
Sent to location:
Liverpool, Lancashire
Summary:
Looking over Roscoe's "great work" ["Mondandrian Plants"] with a botanical friend; very satisfied with it and eager to see all his species of 'Costus', which has previously been in complete disorder. No 'Amomum' amongst [Francis] Hamilton's drawings and collections; made use of own little-known ones in "Supplementum" to Rees' "Cyclopedia".
Unable to accept [Thomas William] Coke's recent invitation to Holkham, [Norfolk], as he needs to finish his "[English] Flora"; cannot write letters or attend to other people's concerns, either. Hopes to see Roscoe at Holkham and Norwich before winter sets in; already suffering from rheumatism. Suggests very great heat, drought, or starvation for 'Amomum granum paradisi' to flower.
Letter date:
7 Oct 1826
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.283
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For Roscoe's letter of 1 February 1826, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/17/139. Roscoe, W, (1828). "Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, chiefly drawn from living specimens in the Botanic Garden At Liverpool ... With descriptions and observations." Liverpool: [printer:] G. Smith. Rees, A (comp.) et al, (1819-1820). "The cyclopædia, or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature." London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
| 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. |
