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GB-110/JES/COR/7/54
Title
William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
23 Nov 1807
Author(s)
William George Maton 1774-1835
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/54 from William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (23 November 1807)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/54 from William George Maton, Spring Gardens, [London], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (23 November 1807) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Maton, William George
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Working with London College of Physicians revising their Pharmacopoeia, queries botanical names with Smith: discusses different specimens of 'Melaleuca leucadendra' sent by Christopher Smith [(d 1807) East India Company botanist], from one of which cajeput oil is obtained; whether officinal juice is obtained from 'Aconitum napellus' or 'Aconitum neomontanum' of [Carl Ludwig] Willdenow; whether Smith has given a trivial name to the 'Alpinia' which yields cardamom; unsure whether the fruit of 'Laurus nobilis' is a bacca or drupa; and terminology for describing hops. Smith has annotated brief responses to each query.
Letter date:
23 Nov 1807
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.98
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 renaming of 'Melaleuca leucadendra' see JES/COR/7/55. For further discussion of London Pharmacopoeia see JES/COR/7/53; JES/COR/7/56. |
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Dec [1807] |
