Item data
See full metadata
See comments
Collection home page
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit Item |
GB-110/JES/COR/2/30 from Carlo Antonio Ludovico Bellardi, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1788)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/30 from Carlo Antonio Ludovico Bellardi, Turin, [Italy], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1788) Close
Item data
Has sent plants requested by Smith, list attached [third page]. Unable to send required number of specimens of 'Potentilla valderia' so has substituted them for 'Aldrovanda vesiculosa', otherwise there are 55 specimens per individual plant bar 20 specimens of 'Juncus spicatus'. Financial details. Will send flowers of 'Dryas octopetala' in the summer. Also sending a box of plants from [Carlo] Allioni and a box of rare plants from Bellardi which he would like Smith to compare along with the 'Arenariae' mentioned in last letter. Sends specimen and seeds of 'Panicum dactylon' and 'Poa gerardi' of "Flora Pedemontana" he believes may belong to the genus 'Festuca'. [Fulgenzio] Vitman's ["Summa plantarum"]. Asks Smith to send seeds for a friend. Wishes to be informed on Linnean Society news and would be happy to meet [Edmund] Davall.
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Allioni, C, (1785). "Flora Pedemontana" Augusta Taurinorum: Briolus. Vitman, F, (1789-1792). "Summa plantarum" Milan: Monast. S. Ambrosii. |
| 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. |
| Copies | English translation available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Additional | Smith replied 6 Jul 1789 |
