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GB-110/JES/COR/8/90
Title
Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
19 Jun 1809
Author(s)
Humphry Repton 1752-1818
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/90 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 June 1809)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/90 from Humphry Repton, Hare Street, near Romford, [Essex], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (19 June 1809) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Repton, Humphry
Sent from:
Romford, Essex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Sends his paper on ivy which he had previously addressed to Sir Joseph Banks. Banks believes ivy classes with "woodbind" as a "vegetable beast of prey". Repton refutes Banks' claim with his own observations on ivy's less aggressive nature, offers the paper to Smith and Linnean Society.
Letter date:
19 Jun 1809
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.162
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Repton, H. 'Observations on the supposed effects of Ivy upon trees, in a letter to the President'. Read 17/4/1810. Repton, H, 'Observations on the supposed Effects of Ivy upon Trees, in a Letter to the President', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1815 11(1), pp.27-34. |
