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GB-110/JES/COR/2/113
Title
Thomas Butt, Trentham, [Staffordshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
14 Jul 1809
Author(s)
Thomas Butt 1776-1841
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/113 from Thomas Butt, Trentham, [Staffordshire], to James Edward Smith (14 July 1809)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/113 from Thomas Butt, Trentham, [Staffordshire], to James Edward Smith (14 July 1809) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Butt, Thomas
Sent from:
Trentham, Staffordshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends leaf and seed head of a 'Geum' gathered between Kendal and Shap, Cumberland, by Mr Forster of Stoney, thought to be either 'Geum montanum' or 'Geum rivale' [Smith annotation: "merely 2 states of 'G. rivale'"], sends a seed of the latter for comparison and imparts his own opinions. Also sends specimens of an 'Epilobium' from Westmorland.
Letter date:
14 Jul 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.187
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 18 [Jul 1809] |
| Related Material | For probable description of the 'Epilobium' in Butt's letter of 23 December 1808, see JES/COR/2/112. |
| 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. |
