Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wade, Walter
Sent from:
Dublin, Ireland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Encloses specimens: possible new 'Saxifraga', observations; 'Euphorbia hibernica' in flowering spring state, Smith's "English botany" figure does not entirely accord with the Irish plant; a 'Juncus' from County Whiclow that grows to 7 or 8 feet high.
Asks if the Irish 'Arbutus unedo' is to ever appear in "English botany"; wishes he was a curator, as gentlemen's gardeners call themselves, so that he might have better interest with [James] Sowerby. Does not think the 'Hypericum calycinum' of "English botany" is indigenous to Ireland, [James Townsend] Mackay [(1775-1862), curator of Botanic Garden, Trinity College, Dublin] concurs; fears many such mistakes occur. Asks if Smith's new edition of "Introduction to Botany" contains new additions.
Asks if his bundle of Irish mosses is still unexplored, noticing that many are in "English botany" without mention of himself. 'Gnaphalium margaritaceum' common to Ireland.
Letter date:
17 May 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
26.81
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.
Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
