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GB-110/JES/COR/1/4
Title
Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 May 1802
Author(s)
Charles Abbot 1761-1817
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/4 from Charles Abbot, Bedford, [Bedfordshire], to James Edward Smith (3 May 1802)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Abbot, Charles
Sent from:
Bedford, Bedfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has visited [John Russell, 6th] Duke of Bedford's plantation of 'Salix russelliana' but only successful in obtaining female catkins. The late and incumbent Dukes of Bedford and their interest in the species. Thanks for drawings of 'Mentha odorata' and 'Tetraphis pellucida'. Sends specimen of a 'Primula', referred to as the black Cowslip in Worcestershire; requests Smith's opinion.
Letter date:
3 May 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.7
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 7 [May] 1802 |
| Related Material | For further discussion of 'Salix russelliana' see letters JES/COR/1/5; JES/COR/1/7; JES/COR/2/18; JES/COR/2/23; JES/COR/2/24. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
