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GB-110/JES/COR/2/1
Title
William Lloyd Baker, Stoutshill, [Gloucestershire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
22 Dec 1818
Author(s)
William Lloyd Baker 1752-1822
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/1 from William Lloyd Baker, Stoutshill, [Gloucestershire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 December 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/1 from William Lloyd Baker, Stoutshill, [Gloucestershire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (22 December 1818) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Baker, William Lloyd
Sent from:
Stoutshill, Gloucestershire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Observations on 'Lignum cyprinum', following an article in "Linnean Transactions"; has compared it with specimen of the same in [Richard] Pococke's herbarium, in the possession of Baker, and compares it to the 'Liquidamberi arbor' of [Leonard] Plukenet's "Phytographia", identified by [Paul Dietrich] Giseke as the 'Liquidambar styraciflua' of Linnaeus, and 'Acer campestre' from [Caspar] Bauhin's "Prodromus". Offers Smith any information from Pocoke's herbarium if required.
Outline sketch of leaf on verso of second folio.
Letter date:
22 Dec 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.1
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 22 Jan 1819 |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, 'Some information respecting the Lignum Rhodium of Pococke's Travels', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 12(1) 1818, pp.1-5. Plukenet, L, (1769). "Phytographia" London: T Davies. Giseke, P D, Linnaeus, C, (1779). "Index Linnaeanus" Hamburg. Bauhin, C, (1620). "Prodromos Theatri botanici" Frankfurt: Pauli Jacobi. |
| 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. |
