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GB-110/JES/COR/5/32
Title
William Hooker, Glasgow, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
27 Jan 1823
Author(s)
Sir William Jackson Hooker 1785-1865
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/5/32 from William Hooker, Glasgow, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 January 1823)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/5/32 from William Hooker, Glasgow, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (27 January 1823) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hooker, Sir William Jackson
Sent from:
Glasgow
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
After delay has received a specimen of Mr Maughan's 'Salix livida', gathered near Moffat. Encloses the specimens for Smith, they agree with Swedish plants he has had from [Olof] Swartz and confirmed by Christian Schmidt. Also encloses 'Juncus arcuatus' found in Grampian mountains with [George Arnott Walker] Arnott [(1799-1868)] and [Robert Kaye] Greville of Edinburgh, new to Britain and in [Georg] Wahlenberg's [(1780-1851)] "Flora Lapponica". Has heard from [Dawson] Turner that Smith is progressing well with the "[English] Flora". Five members of his family have suffered from scarlet fever, including himself, describes symptoms. Hopes Smith has not been suffering from the severe winter.
Letter date:
27 Jan 1823
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
5.59
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 | Wahlenberg, G, (1812). "Flora Lapponica exhibens plantas geographice et botanice consideratas, in Lapponiis Svecicis... nec non Lappo" Taberna Libraria Scholae Realis. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
