George Bentham, Queen Square Place, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/20/76
Title George Bentham, Queen Square Place, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 6 Oct 1827
Author(s) George Bentham 1800-1884
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/20/76 from George Bentham, Queen Square Place, Westminster, to Sir James Edward Smith (6 October 1827)

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Item Type: Document
From: Bentham, George
Sent from: Westminster
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Sends parcel of plants from [George] Arnott, just returned from excursion to Scotland. Sends copy of his work on Pyrenaean plants; apologises for delay; printed in a hasty manner. The last year so taken up with his legal studies that he has neglected botany, but time spent with Arnott and [William Jackson] Hooker has revived his interest; wrote to Montpellier, [France], to have his herbarium sent over.

Letter date: 6 Oct 1827
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 20.113
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Note typeNote
AdditionalSmith replied 10 Nov [1827]
Finding AidsDawson, 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 MaterialBentham, G, (1826). "Catalogue des plantes indigenes des Pyrenees et du Bas Languedoc ..." Paris: Huzard.