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GB-110/JES/COR/6/24
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
17 Jun 1801
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/24 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (17 June 1801)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/24 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (17 June 1801) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for loan of valuable book [unnamed]. A drawing of "the most beautiful plant in nature", the New South Wales lily 'Doranthus' ['Doryanthus'], drawn by [John William] Lewin [(1770-1819), naturalist and artist], was shown at Linnean Society. Spent three hours looking over only half of [John] Fraser's [(1750-1811)] collection of American plants. Fraser also brought two of [Alexander von] Humboldt's chests, with whom he went to Cuba. Fraser brought back specimens of 'Pinus palustres'. Asks Smith to delay sending willows. Asks Smith to write to [Alexander Macleay] and [Jonas] Dryander to get the lily in "the volume" [presumably "Linnean Transactions"]. Has specimens of 'Salix acuminata'.
Letter date:
17 Jun 1801
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.42
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. |
