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GB-110/JES/COR/2/50
Title
George Spencer-Churchill, Bill Hill, [Berkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
[9 Aug] 1798
Author(s)
George Spencer-, 5th Duke of Marlborough Churchill 1766-1840
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/50 from George Spencer-Churchill, Bill Hill, [Berkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (9 August 1798)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/50 from George Spencer-Churchill, Bill Hill, [Berkshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (9 August 1798) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Churchill, George Spencer-
Sent from:
Bill Hill, Berkshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Has been collecting rare English maritime plants at Lymington, Hampshire, and Brownsea Island, Dorset; 'Inula cruthmoides', 'Ruppia maritima', 'Chironia pulchella', 'Chironia centaurium', 'Anthemis maritima', 'Beta maritima', 'Santolina maritima', 'Cheiranthus sinautus', 'Salosa kali', 'Pinguicula lusitanica', and a possible 'Schoenus longus'. Expecting 29,300 plants sent from Jamaica. Has been growing 'Sedum villosum' for three years, a "perfect perennial". Asks Smith to obtain living plants of 'Pulmonaria maritima' and 'Convolvulus soldanella', which grow on the Norfolk coast.
Letter date:
[9 Aug] 1798
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.86
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 13 Sep [1798] |
