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GB-110/JES/COR/7/1
Title
Thomas Martyn, Park Prospect, to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, [London]
Letter date
14 Mar [1793]
Author(s)
Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/1 from Thomas Martyn, Park Prospect, to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, [London] (14 March 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/1 from Thomas Martyn, Park Prospect, to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, [London] (14 March 1793) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Martyn, Thomas
Sent from:
Park Prospect
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Sent copies of his "glossary"' ["Language of Botany"] to Smith and Linnean Society, includes: from "Hortus Kewensis" 'Achillea squarrosa', and from [Carlo] Allioni 'Achillea herba-rota', 'Achillea ligustica', and 'Achillea tanacetifolia'. Asks if Smith knows "'Achillea lutea' Krocker siles n. 1443". Difficulties with 'Achras' species in "Hort. Malab. vol 3 tab 29, 30, 31" [Rheede van Draakenstein's "Hortus Indicus Malabaricus"?] and between 'Achras' and [Olof] Swartz' 'Bumelia'. Asks what 'Achras balata' of Gmelin "Syst. 574.5" is. Preparing 'Aconitum' for press, asks for any of Smith's observations especially 'Aconitum lycotonum'.
Letter date:
14 Mar [1793]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.1
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Martyn, T, (1793). "The language of botany: being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus: with familiar explanations, and an attempt to establish significant English terms, the whole interspersed with critical remarks." London: White. Rheede van Draakenstein, H, et al, (1678). "Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, continens regni Malabarici apud Indos celeberrimi omnis generis plantas rariores ..." Amstelodami: Joannis van Someren et Joannis van Dyck. |
| 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. |
