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GB-110/JES/COR/25/19 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Surry Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 February 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/25/19 from William Roxburgh, 36 Bernard Street, Russell Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Surry Street, Norwich, [Norfolk] (7 February 1807) Close
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Expects to depart for Bengal next month. Almost finished his work on third volume of ["Plants of the Coast of Coromandel"]; appearance of the next depends much on Sir Joseph Banks' health; has withdrawn his 'Colebrookia oppositifolia' in consequence of Smith's remarks about 'Sussodia' and intending it for "Exotic botany", but still including the other species 'C. ternifolia', and 'Buchananica', despite having searched in vain for the 'Ava launzan' Smith said was already named for him. Smith's 'Globba racemosa' not one of his and does not know Smith's 'Leucosceptrum canum'. Doubts his ability to obtain the original 'Roxburghia' on account of its distance from Calcutta.
Praises turkey received from Smith. Two seeds of the 'Cycas cirinalis' he sent Lady [Amelia] Hume are growing; hopes Smith's are similarly successful.
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| Related Material | Roxburgh, W, (1795-1819). "Plants of the Coast of Coromandel, selected from drawings and descriptions presented to the ... Company, by William Roxburgh. Published ... under the direction of Sir Joseph Banks ..." London: Nicol. Smith, J E, (1804-1805). "Exotic botany" London: J. Sowerby. |
| 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. |
