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GB-110/JES/COR/6/70
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert to James Edward Smith
Letter date
29 Jan [1810]
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/70 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert to James Edward Smith (29 January 1810)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
"Sarum Knight" and "Knight Sarum" [Richard Salisbury and Joseph Knight (c 1777-1855), gardener for George Hibbert (1757-1837, merchant] "do not quite agree in their tales" [regarding Salisbury's publication of Robert Brown's names for 'Proteacea' under Knight's name, see RelatedMaterial]. Will send specimens of 'Aegiphyla' and lemongrass. Has or will see [Samuel Goodenough], Sir Abraham Hume, Sir Richard Hoare, and [Robert] Brown. Smith to send specimens of 'Typha minor' and 'Phlomis lunarifolia'. Offers to send specimens of 'Phlomis samia' and the "Cliffortium" plant. [Edward Daniel] Clarke's "Travels" about to be published, he has given the 500 species of plants to Lambert.
Letter date:
29 Jan [1810]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.135
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 | For Goodenough on Salisbury, Brown and 'Proteacea' see JES/COR/11/84; JES/COR/11/85; for Brown on Salisbury see JES/COR/2/93. Knight, J, (1809). "On the cultivation of the plants belonging to the natural order of the Proteae, ..." London: [printer:] Savage. Brown, R, 'On the Proteaceae of Jussieu', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1810 10(1), pp.15-226. Clarke, E D, (1810-1823). "Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa" London, 6 vols; please note not available from Linnean Society Library but available from Natural History Museum Library. |
