James Crowe to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/21/89
Title James Crowe to James Edward Smith
Letter date 10 Mar 1805
Author(s) James Crowe 1750-1807
Number of Pages 8

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GB-110/JES/COR/21/89 from James Crowe to James Edward Smith (10 March 1805)

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Item Type: Document
From: Crowe, James
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Returns Sir Joseph Banks' pamphlet on wheat blight; observations on blight. Uncertain whether he has ever seen barberry plants at Rollesby, [Norfolk], and though he acknowledges the poor soil has never heard of any remarkable wheat blight. Has never seen confirmation of barberry causing blight but knows of a tenant who is eradicating all barberry in the hedges around his fields. Hopes the seeds of the blighted grass have blown across to Europe to do their enemies "more damage than the Catamarans have done". Wonders whether night of severe frost in June may have caused the blight; other observations on wheat blight and Banks' remarks. Speculates on airborne seed of fungus.

Letter date: 10 Mar 1805
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 21.151
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Related MaterialBanks, J, (1805). "A short account of the causes of the disease in corn, called by farmers the blight, the mildew and the rust." London: printer Bulmer.
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.