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GB-110/JES/COR/22/114
Title
Thomas Dix Hincks, Cork, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, to the care of Mr Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, London
Letter date
19 Aug 1810
Author(s)
Thomas Dix Hincks 1767-1857
Number of Pages
6
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GB-110/JES/COR/22/114 from Thomas Dix Hincks, Cork, [Ireland], to James Edward Smith, to the care of Mr Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, near the Asylum, London (19 August 1810)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hincks, Thomas Dix
Sent from:
Cork, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Mr Drummond just returned from tour of western County Cork where he found a new 'Ophrys'; sends specimen and transcript of Drummond's account of it [extant]. Drummond "much obliged" by Smith's notice of his 'Pinguicula'; Miss Hutchins thought it 'P. vulgaris' of Withering and "English botany"; Drummond's acquisition of this and 'P. grandifolia'.
Drummond's account and description of new 'Ophrys' [3 pp, Smith has annotated on recto of third folio 'Neothia gemmipara']
Letter date:
19 Aug 1810
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
22.203
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London. |
