James Edward Smith to James Sowerby

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Ref No GB-110/JES/JS/5
Title James Edward Smith to James Sowerby
Letter date [1800]
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 1-2

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GB-110/JES/JS/5 from James Edward Smith to James Sowerby (1800)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
To: Sowerby, James
Summary:

[Short note only, written on scrap of paper]
Requests Sowerby to draw 'Alsine media' to figure with 'Cerastium aquaticum'. Wishes Sowerby to acquire wild specimens of 'Lychnis viscaria' from [John] Mackay [(1772-1802), employed at Dickson nursery, Edinburgh] of Edinburgh, for which he is postponing 'Lychnis flos cuculi'.

Letter date: [1800]
Languages: English
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Related MaterialSmith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.