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GB-110/JES/ADD/80
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Thomas Purton, Alcester, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
12 Jul 1822
Author(s)
Thomas Purton 1768-1833
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/ADD/80 from Thomas Purton, Alcester, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 July 1822)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/ADD/80 from Thomas Purton, Alcester, [Warwickshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (12 July 1822) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Purton, Thomas
Sent from:
Alcester, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Error in his recently published third volume of "Midland Flora"; found that his 'Trichia rubiformis' is not the 'T. rubiformis' of Persoon's "Synopsis methodica fungorum"; difficulty of making correct references from descriptions alone, for which reason he has preserved every specimen he could; observations on Persoon's species, confirmed in another Persoon work ["Tentamen Disp. Meth. Fungorum"]. Wishes he had seen [Robert Kaye] Greville's "Monograph of the Genus 'Erineum'" before publishing his third volume.
Asks Smith's opinion of [Samuel Frederick] Gray's work ["A natural arrangement of British plants" (1821)].
Letter date:
12 Jul 1822
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
97
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Purton, T, (1821). "An appendix to 'The Midland flora' ... in two parts / by Thomas Purton ... embellished with thirty coloured engravings." London: Printed for the author. Purton, T, and Sowerby, J (illust.), (1817). "A botanical description of British plants, in the Midland Counties, particularly of those in the neighbourhood of Alcester ... . Embellished with eight coloured engravings, by James Sowerby." Stratford-upon-Avon: J. Ward. Persoon, C H, (1801). "Synopsis methodica fungorum ..." Gottinga: Dieterich. Gray, S F, (1821). "A natural arrangement of British plants, ... including those cultivated for use ..." London: Baldwin. |
| Additional | Smith replied 21 Jul 1822 |
