Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Purton, Thomas
Sent from:
Alcester, Warwickshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's letter of 24 [November 1824], pleased to good account of his health. Unable to sign Mr Maund's nomination certificate for Linnean Society.
Pleased that he has presented Smith with a "new & important idea on the effects of a religious establishment"; he has been working on a now 500 page manuscript tract for 30 years, but considers himself "as good a Christian as any in Christendom".
Hopes to bring all his fungi to Norwich before Smith reaches them [in "English Flora"]; he has found hundreds of species since publishing first volume of his "Midland Flora", and [Robert Kaye] Greville, "in his admirable work", makes his descriptions too detailed to be followed.
Agrees with Smith that [William Jackson] Hooker "has rather mistaken the willows" ['Salix'], and thinks that "Flora Scotia" was rushed; points out errors. Has sent [Joseph] Sabine roses ['Rosa']; discussion of 'R. sabini' and 'R. mollis'; Sabine says the specimens he sent are both varities of 'R. doniana'.
Letter date:
22 Dec 1824
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
99
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Finding Aids | Hutt, C M, "List of additional correspondence of Sir James Edward Smith" Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, and Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman.
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.
Greville, R K, (1823-1828). "Scottish cryptogamic flora or Coloured figures and descriptions of cryptogamic plants, belonging chiefly to the order fungi; and intended to serve as a continuation of English Botany." Edinburgh: Maclachlan.
Hooker, W J, (1821). "Flora Scotica; or a description of Scottish plants..." London: Constable. |
