Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
London
To:
Woodward, Thomas Jenkinson
Sent to location:
Bungay, Suffolk
Summary:
Thanks for present of game. For his paper on ferns asks Woodward whether he prefers the genus they agreed, 'Asplenium nodosum', not common in gardens, or 'Trichomanes canariense', which is; if Woodward chooses the 'Asplenium' he will name the other 'Davallia', otherwise will call the 'Asplenium' 'Porocarpus'.
Continuing work on his "Tour of the Continent"; has been "very ample" in his account of [Jean Jacques] Rousseau [(1712-1778), philosopher] and had intended to attempt an apology for him until seeing Capel Lofft's [(1751-1824), radical editor and writer] "most eloquent & sufficient" defence of him against [Edmund] Burke [(1730-1797), politician]. Recently received many specimens from Botany Bay; difficulty of settling natural order of some. Second fasciculus of "Icones pictae" printing and last two fasciculus of Dickson's "dried plants" will complete the work. 'Ligusticum cornubiense' figured in next fasciculus of "Icones pictae". Sorry for recurrence of Woodward's old complaint, urges him to come to London for medical advice.
Letter date:
19 Dec 1791
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
18.106
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1793). "A sketch of a tour on the Continent in the years 1786 and 1787" London.
Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately].
Dickson, J, (1789-1792). "A Collection of Dried Plants, named on the authority of the Linnaean herbarium, and other original collections." London: Printed for the Author; not available in Linnean Society Library, available in Natural History Museum Library and British Library. |
