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GB-110/JES/COR/6/34
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 Aug 1803
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/34 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to James Edward Smith (30 August 1803)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/34 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Boyton House, [Wiltshire], to James Edward Smith (30 August 1803) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
Boyton, Wiltshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Received a parcel of specimens and two volumes of lectures from [Antonio José] Cavanilles for Smith. Visited [George] Williams in Oxford followed by stay with the Marquess of Blandford [George Spencer-Churchill]. Impressed with Blandford's botanic garden, who has done "more than anyone in the cultivation of plants". Describes Blandford's arboretum which includes 'Pinus maritima', he is also currently building a water plants hothouse, plants from Botany Bay, [Australia], grow as well as in their native climate. Believes "if any cultivator deserves a Genus it is his Lordship". Blandford wishes to see Smith at Whiteknights, [Reading, Berkshire], next year.
Letter date:
30 Aug 1803
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.62
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 | Cavanilles, A J, (1802). "Descripcion de las plantas que Antonio Josef Cavanilles demostro en las lecciones publicas del ano 1801, precedida de los principios elementales de la botanica." Madrid: Imprenta Real. |
| Additional | Smith replied 5 Sep [1803] |
