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GB-110/JES/COR/2/12
Title
Jane Barrington, Mongewell, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
3 May 1790
Author(s)
Jane Barrington -1807
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/12 from Jane Barrington, Mongewell, [Oxfordshire], to James Edward Smith (3 May 1790)
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Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Barrington, Jane
Sent from:
Mongewell, Oxfordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
After attending Smith's botanic lectures in London has a question on "Luccams" oak, sometimes called evergreen, an "accidental variety from seed of 'Qu[e]rcus cerris'. Debates why its leaves remain on the tree longer than those of deciduous oaks.
Letter date:
3 May 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.22
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Jun [1790] |
| 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. |
