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GB-110/JES/COR/6/15
Title
John Theodore Koster, Lisbon, [Portugal], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
23 Oct 1794
Author(s)
John Theodore Koster 1776-1819
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/15 from John Theodore Koster, Lisbon, [Portugal], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (23 October 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/15 from John Theodore Koster, Lisbon, [Portugal], to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (23 October 1794) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Koster, John Theodore
Sent from:
Lisbon, Portugal
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
On advice of [William] Withering is sending a specimen of the "creeping fig", with fruit. [Francis] Masson [(1741-1805), Kew plant collector] called it 'Ficus pumila' but Abbé Correa [José Corrêa de Serra] calls it 'Ficus repens', it grows abundantly in greenhouse of Royal Botanic Garden. Saw Correa and the "unfortunate [Pierre Marie Auguste] Broussonet" [who was forced to leave Paris and then Madrid], who disembarked in Lisbon after becoming concerned by reports of patrolling French cruisers. Has attempted to get Broussonet passage on the King's ship but Captain Rodney has strict orders against carrying French passengers. Broussonet agrees the fig is 'Ficus repens'. Sir Henry Vane, baronet, has taken charge of it on the "America".
Letter date:
23 Oct 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.25
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | For further discussion of Broussonet's predicament see JES/COR/6/15. For aftermath of Correa's assistance to Broussonet see JES/COR/3/95. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 2, pp.200-201. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 16 Dec [1794] |
