Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent to location:
Bungay, Suffolk
Summary:
Thanks Woodward for his "excellent" drawing of 'Lycoperdon coliforme'; discusses other species including 'L. pedunculatum' and 'L. fraxineum'. Sorry Charles Bryant [(d 1799)] is publishing "his folly & obstinacy to the world"; intends to defer his own paper on the subject. Found 'Lycoperdon stellatum'; his observations, and a new species he is calling 'L. fragile'; definition.
Recently spent two months in Yorkshire and Westmoreland; found many lichens, sent some to [John] Pitchford. Planning an expedition to Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond, Taymouth, Blair, and Dunkeld. His future plans: will spend time in Norwich and London, graduate, and undertake a tour of Europe.
Dr [John] Walker [(1731-1803), Scottish minister and natural historian] has found plants in Scotland not in [John] Lightfoot, including: 'Rubus arcticus', 'Lysimachia thrysiflora', and "indubitable" 'Elymus arenarius'; comparison of latter with other specimens.
Letter date:
12 Aug 1782
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.5
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | For Woodward's letter of 20 May 1782, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/2.
Bryant, C, [1782]. "An Historical Account of Two Species of Lycoperdon, etc. [With a plate.]", G. Wilkie, London; not available from Linnean Society Library, available in British Library. |
