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GB-110/JES/COR/4/108
Title
Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
28 Dec 1823
Author(s)
Edward Forster 1765-1849
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/108 from Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (28 December 1823)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/108 from Edward Forster, Hale End, [Middlesex], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (28 December 1823) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Forster, Edward
Sent from:
Hale End, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Wrote to Joseph Woods regarding 'Rosa systala' and his paper on 'Rosa' for "Linnean Transactions", transcribes part of Woods' reply. Woods explains an apparent confusion caused between 'Rosa systala' and [Nicaise Auguste] Desvaux's [(1784-1856) French botanist] 'Rosa stylosa', not having seen Desvaux's "Flore d'Anjou" at the time of his paper.
Letter date:
28 Dec 1823
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.184
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 10 Jan 1824 |
| 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 | Woods, J, 'A Synopsis of the British Species of Rosa', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1818 12(1), pp.159-234. Desvaux, N A, (1827). "Flore d'Anjou"; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
