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GB-110/JES/COR/1/83
Title
Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
13 Jan 1809
Author(s)
Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/1/83 from Sir Joseph Banks, Soho Square, [London], to James Edward Smith (13 January 1809)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Banks, Sir Joseph
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends roots and runners of a grass called 'Fiorin' which [William] Richardson has written on with intention of making it a valuable animal foodstock, suspects it may be 'Agrostis stolonifera'. Has been bound to his bedroom since beginning of January. A vast fish, 55 feet [16.7m] long and 12 feet [3.7m] in circumference, that was washed up on the Orkney Islands is a cartilaginous fish and not a whale, as was supposed.
Letter date:
13 Jan 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
1.146
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 20 [Jan 1809] |
| Related Material | Richardson, W, (1814). "A new essay on Fiorin grass" London: J Harding; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
| 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. |
