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GB-110/JES/GD/81
Title
George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to [James Edward Smith]
Letter date
23 Jun 1813
Author(s)
George Don 1764-1814
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/GD/81 from George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to [James Edward Smith] (23 June 1813)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/GD/81 from George Don, Botanic Garden, Forfar, [Forfarshire], to [James Edward Smith] (23 June 1813) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Don, George
Sent from:
Forfar, Forfarshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Just received news of the death of [James] Donn [(1758-1813), curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden] of Cambridge, the last of his personal acquaintance he acquired whilst in London.
Numbered observations on enclosed specimens: 1. a 'Marchantia', possibly 'M. androgyne'; 2. a 'Trifolium' from dry banks by the sea; 3. a 'Hieracium'; 4. a 'Hieracium'; 5. a 'Hieracium'; 6. 'Myagrum lanceolatum'; 7. a 'Rosa', differs from 'R. spinosissima'; 8. an 'Equisetum', proposes name 'E. alpinum'.
Letter date:
23 Jun 1813
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Letter 78
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Finding Aids | Furley, D, "George Don (1764-1814): Collection of Correspondence 1802-1813", Linnean Society |
