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GB-110/JES/COR/3/73
Title
Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
8 Sep 1803
Author(s)
Edward Daniel Clarke 1769-1822
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/3/73 from Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (8 September 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/3/73 from Edward Daniel Clarke, Jesus College, Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (8 September 1803) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Clarke, Edward Daniel
Sent from:
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Some time ago sent a living specimen of a new species of 'Astragalus' to Sir Joseph Banks but never received any answer regarding it. Sending Smith a dwarf 'Dianthus' from Siberia, now in flower in the college garden, which he believes to be a new species, brief description of the blossoms. At the top of the letter Smith has written a Latin description under 'Dianthus hyssopifolius', and stating that in his answer he said it may be called 'Dianthus diffusus' or the preferred 'Dianthus hyssopifolius'.
Letter date:
8 Sep 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
3.136
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. |
| Related Material | For mention of 'Dianthus' by Clarke in letter of 1804, see JES/COR/3/74. |
| Additional | Smith replied 12 Oct [1803] |
