Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Butt, Thomas
Sent from:
Arley, Worcestershire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Detailed description of a 'Carex' he is unable to identify, requests Smith's opinion. List of plants growing in Worcestershire and not yet figured in "English Botany", offers to send specimens. List of habitats of plants found by him in West of England and Guernsey. Pleased to hear third volume of "Flora Britannica" is published but wishes there was an English translation of it, "for the benefit of lady botanists", believing it would have sold well and "made the last edition of [William] Withering unnecessary". Disappointed that [James] Sowerby has not proceeded further in his work on fungi. Rough description of possible 'Ophrys arachnites' from Switzerland, believes it may be allied to 'Ophrys apifera'. Has received seeds of "very indifferent quality" from Lord Valentia [George Annesley] in Calcutta, India.
Letter date:
8 May 1804
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.182
Additional Information:
| 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 mention of 'Carex' in Butt's letter of 23 December 1808, see JES/COR/2/112.
Withering, W, (1801). "A systematic arrangement of British plants", 4th ed., 4 vols, T. Cadell, Jun and W. Davies; please note only 1st-3rd editions and 5th-6th editions available from Linnean Society Library.
Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
