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GB-110/JES/COR/2/40
Title
Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma, Utrecht, Netherlands, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk
Letter date
1 Feb 1825
Author(s)
Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma 1798-1859
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/40 from Cornelis Adriaan Bergsma, Utrecht, Netherlands, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, Norfolk (1 February 1825)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Bergsma, Cornelis Adriaan
Sent from:
Utrecht, Holland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Queries on 'Thea' for his dissertation on same: asks why Linnaeus' named two species, 'Thea bohea' and 'T. viridis', asks that Smith consult Linnaean specimens.
[Smith has noted his reply of 12 February 1825] Relates his findings following examination of Linnaeus' specimens; confusion caused by the Chinese sending specimens of species of 'Thea' and 'Camelliae' to Europe under guise of different teas; has never been able to find any specific difference between 'T. bohea' and 'T. viridis'.
Letter date:
1 Feb 1825
Languages:
Latin
Prev Ref No:
2.71
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Feb [1825] |
| Copies | English translation 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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.290-292. |
| Related Material | Bergsma, C A (1825). " Dissertatio inauguralis botanico-medica de Thea MDCCCXXV (Catalogus auctorum qui de Thea scripserunt)" Trajecti ad Rhenum: Joh. Altheer. |
