George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London

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Ref No GB-110/JES/GD/74
Title George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London
Letter date 3 Jun 1811
Author(s) George Don 1764-1814
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/GD/74 from George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London (3 June 1811)

Metadata for GB-110/JES/GD/74 from George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to Samuel Goodenough, 14 Berners Street, Oxford Street, London (3 June 1811) Close

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Item Type: Document
From: Don, George
Sent from: Forfar, Forfarshire
To: Goodenough, Samuel
Sent to location: London
Summary:

Following receipt of letter from their mutual friend [Charles] Lyell concerned to hear that [John] Mackay [(1772-1802), nurseryman and gardener] has been credited in "English botany" as sending the 'Saxifraga pedatifida', which he claims is impossible as it is very rare and only found in the Clova mountains; offers to send plants botanists are not well acquainted with so as to be cultivated in gardens.
Encloses specimens of 3 varities of 'S. pedatifida'; an 'Arenaria' he proposes naming 'A. charlinfolia', observations. Points out that Smith has credited [Robert] Brown with finding 'Sagina maritima' in 1798 on coasts of Ireland and Fifeshire, when he himself found it in 1784 on Ben Nevis.
Asks Goodenough to forward this letter to Dr [James Edward] Smith.

Letter date: 3 Jun 1811
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: Letter 71
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsFurley, D, "George Don (1764-1814): Collection of Correspondence 1802-1813", Linnean Society
Related MaterialSmith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.