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GB-110/JES/COR/4/52
Title
James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
4 Mar 1806
Author(s)
James Dickson 1738-1822
Number of Pages
1-4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/52 from James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith (4 March 1806)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/52 from James Dickson, Covent Garden, [London], to James Edward Smith (4 March 1806) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Dickson, James
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Encloses list of desiderata of lichen and mosses from "Flora Britannica" and "English Botany" in order to determine his own collection. Smith has ticked the following, probably specimens he sent: 'Gymnostomum aeruginosum', 'Grimmia schisti', 'Dicranum suscescens', 'Hypnum polyanthus', 'Hypnum swartzii', 'Hypnum imploxum', 'Lichen contiguus', 'Lichen conspurcatus'. Has just received some new mosses and lichens from the East Indies.
Letter date:
4 Mar 1806
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.91
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. Smith, J E, Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. |
| 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. |
