John Theodore Koster, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/6/17
Title John Theodore Koster, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 18 Oct 1805
Author(s) John Theodore Koster 1776-1819
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/6/17 from John Theodore Koster, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith (18 October 1805)

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Item Type: Document
From: Koster, John Theodore
Sent from: Liverpool, Lancashire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

In consequence of Smith's "considerations" at the [Liverpool] Botanic Garden about the "'Aloe' alias 'Agave'" sent to Portugal for the flower stalk of one. Gives description of its size and cutting. Sending a branch of it to Smith along with a 'Melancia', watermelon, and Portugal onions.

Letter date: 18 Oct 1805
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 6.29
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.