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GB-110/JES/COR/1/74
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
10 Aug 1804
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/74 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (10 August 1804)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/74 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (10 August 1804) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Would have recommended Don [James Donn] to be gardener of Kensington Gardens but George III appointed William [Townsend] Aiton, gardener of Kew, instead. An immense acquisition of living plants from China collected by a gardener from Kew, which along with the Cayenne plants of "last winter" must make Kew "far superior" to any other botanic garden. Kew has also received a vast collection of seeds from the unknown parts of New Holland [Western Australia], and are growing plants from seed from the same place sent last winter. Peter, Brown and Bauer are left behind in Sydney, New South Wales.
Letter date:
10 Aug 1804
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.127
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| UNSPECIFIED | 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 18 [Aug 1804] |
