Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent from:
Bungay, Suffolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Confirms his intention to become a FLS and sends specimens for their herbarium, including 'Carex strigosa' for Smith and Goodenough, and 'Fucus', including: specimen resembling [William] Hudson's 'F. obtusus' and 'Ulva filiformis'; a 'Conferva'; and others. Discussion of 'Lycoperdon epiphyllum' and 'Serrhula arvenii', latter observed as parasitic in bean fields. Requests specimens of Smith's Matlock plants, including 'Lichens'. Discusses figures of 'Thesium alpinum'.
Asks after botanical publications, including Bulliard's "Champignons", Leers' "Flora", and Bolton's "Fungi", errors with the latter. Sends parcel of seeds of 'Carex strigosa' for [William] Curtis. Attended [Thomas William] Coke's "magnificent fête" at Holkham on 5 November; the newspaper reports were not exaggerated. All anxious for news of the King [George III (1738-1820)], whose illness has been "universally deplored".
Letter date:
15 Nov 1788
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.77
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 23 Jan [1788] & 8 Feb [1788] |
| Related Material | For Smith's letter of 17 September 1788, to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/18/36.
Bulliard, P, (1791-1812). "Histoire des champignons de la France ou trait‚ ‚l‚mentaire... Par... Bulliard (et [�tienne Pierre] Ventenat...)..." Paris: [privately].
Leers, J D, (1775). "Flora Herbornensis exhibens plantas circa Herbornam Nassoviorum crescentes... cum descriptionibus rariorum in primis graminum..." Herborna Nassoviorum: [privately].
Bolton, J, (1788). "An history of fungusses growing about Halifax ..." Halifax: [privately]. |
