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GB-110/JES/COR/6/79
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
3 Feb 1814
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/79 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (3 February 1814)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/79 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert, London, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (3 February 1814) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Responds to Smith's enquiries about 'Pinus', referring him to [Andre] Michaux's [(1746-1802)] comments in Pursh's "Flora Americae". A 'Pinus maritima' at Kew now 'Pinus caricio' "Lamarck Encyclo. vol 5". Growing new species of pine at Boyton, [Wiltshire], compares it against 'Pinus cembra' and 'Pinus pinaster', it was sent from the Crimea by [Peter Simon] Pallas and named 'Pinus maritima' in his last "Travels". [Pierre] Sonnerat [(1748-1814)] returned to France. Linnean Society short of papers for next volume of "Linnean Transactions".
Letter date:
3 Feb 1814
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.151
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Pursh, F T, (1814). "Flora Americae Septentrionalis; or, a systematic arrangement and description of the plants of North America..." London: White. |
| 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. |
