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GB-110/JES/COR/1/82
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
19 Dec 1808
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/82 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 December 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/1/82 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 December 1808) 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:
Satisfied that the toad Smith has encountered is the 'Bufo terrestus' of [August Johann] Rösel [von Rosenhof] and the natterjack of Banks' neighbourhood in Lincolnshire. Describes some of its habits and large population on Putney Common and at Wimbledon. [Thomas] Pennant hated toads so much that "he shrunk even from a picture of one". Would be glad if Mrs Smith continues supplying turkeys. Has received a letter from Nottingham, stating that the ['Grauis'?] on the banks of the Trent are only autumnal flowering because the cattle eat them down in the Spring, and that the true saffron crocus is abundundant in the same place.
Letter date:
19 Dec 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.141
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of toads with William Roscoe, see JES/COR/17/61. |
