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GB-110/JES/COR/2/93 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith (3 January 1810)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/93 from Robert Brown, Gerrard Street, Soho, [London], to James Edward Smith (3 January 1810) Close
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Rejects Smith's proposal to give Brown's name to Brown's genus 'Josephia'; explains how he previously considered 'Dryandra' and others. Sends Smith two 'Orchidaceae' to be considered instead and suggests 'B. tropica' or 'B. sencea' for one and 'B. australis' for the other, observations on second and third pages [crossed through in pencil]. Urges a swift "baptizm" if acceptable to Smith so as to include them in the "Prodromus" he is currently working on. Suggests an appendment to Smith's "Lapland tour", currently in the press, in the form of an essay on its botany by [Georg] Wahlenberg. [Alexander] Macleay has fractured the fibula of his right leg. An essay on 'Proteaceae' by "Knight & co." [Richard Salisbury published Brown's 'Proteacea' under the name of Joseph Knight (c 1777-1855), gardener for George Hibbert (1757-1837, merchant), see RelatedMaterial].
| Note type | Note |
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| 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. |
| Related Material | For Goodenough on Salisbury, Brown and 'Proteacea' see JES/COR/11/84; JES/COR/11/85; for Lambert on Salisbury see JES/COR/6/70. Brown, R, "Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae", London: Taylor (1810). Linnaeus, C, Smith, J E, Troilius, C (tr.), (1811). "Lachesis Lapponica" London: White & Cochrane. Brown, R, 'On the Proteaceae of Jussieu', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1810 10(1), pp.15-226. Knight, J, (1809). "On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of the Proteae, ..." London: [printer:] Savage. |
