Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bigelow, Jacob
Sent from:
Boston, Massachusetts
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
[Francis] Boott unexpectedly returning to England. He has invited Boott to work on his "Flora of New England"; as yet they are novices in the science and have much to gain from Smith's advice; similarities and differences of New England and European floras. State of science in USA "rapidly progressive" but not yet advanced enough to support the "luxuries of science", such as coloured engravings of American plants; he is making the experiment in his "Medical Botany", sends plates via Boott. Sends pencilled sketch of an 'Orchis grandiflora', close to 'O. fimbriata'. Corrêa is Portugeuse Minister Plenipotentiary at Washington. Requests that the plants he sent Smith for determination be reserved for his and Boott's flora; some have since been published in Elliott's; further query on the two 'Rubus'.
Letter date:
19 Aug 1817
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
20.13
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Bigelow, J, (1817-1820). "American medical botany" Boston: Cummings.
Elliott, S, (1821-1824). "A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia..." Charleston: S.C., Schenck. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 6 Jan 1818 |
