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GB-110/JES/COR/23/19
Title
Thomas Charles Hope to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London
Letter date
26 Feb 1784
Author(s)
Thomas Charles Hope 1766-1844
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/23/19 from Thomas Charles Hope to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (26 February 1784)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/23/19 from Thomas Charles Hope to James Edward Smith, 10 Great Windmill Street, Haymarket, London (26 February 1784) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hope, Thomas Charles
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Lists requests made by his father, [John Hope] for Smith: list of the latest botanical works; list of new genera and species not included in "Supplementum plantarum"; best form of cabinet for a herbarium; copies of Dr [Arthur] Broughton's abridgement of "Flora Anglica", and Hedwig's "Historia muscorum"; and bark of the new 'Cinchona', a 'Carbaea'. Thanks for Smith's list of Scottish plants and habitats, including 'Verbascum massus', 'Eonymus europaeus', 'Polygonum pensylvanicum', 'Adoxa morchalellina', 'Chrysosplenium alternifolium', 'Drosera longifolia', 'Lathrea squamaria'. Lists various plants for Smith to provide habitats for. Asks if Smith is still a Brunonian. A one-day exhibition of air balloons.
Letter date:
26 Feb 1784
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
23.39
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Apr [1784] |
| Related Material | Linnaeus, C, (1781). "Supplementum plantarum systematis vegetabilium editionis decimae tertiae, generum plantarum editionis sextae, et specierum plantarum editionis secundae, editum a Carolo a Linne [the Younger]." Brunsvigae: Impensis Orphanotrophel. Broughton, A, (1782). "Enchiridion botanicum; complectens characteres genericos et specificos plantarum per Insulas Britannicas sponte nascentium..." Londinum: Robinson. Hedwig, J, (1782). "Fundamentum historiae naturalis muscorum frondosorum ... Pars 1(-11)." Lipsiae: Apud Siegfried Lebrecht Crusium. |
| 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. |
