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GB-110/JES/COR/9/68
Title
John Stackhouse, Princes Buildings, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
13 Nov 1800
Author(s)
John Stackhouse 1742-1819
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/9/68 from John Stackhouse, Princes Buildings, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (13 November 1800)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/9/68 from John Stackhouse, Princes Buildings, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (13 November 1800) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Stackhouse, John
Sent from:
Bath, Somerset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Thanks for Smith's hospitality at Norwich. Discusses the 'Byssus barbata' figured in "English Botany": after viewing Lady Elizabeth Noel's specimen believes that [James] Sowerby's and [William] Withering's are different species. Believes that there is a oversight in the literature stating that 'Byssus fulva' is a 'B. barabata', compounded by Dillenius, [William] Hudson, [John] Ray, and [William] Withering all repeating this. Sends a drawing of 'Byssus fulva' [not extant] and makes general observations taken from "Flora Anglica" on the genus 'Byssus' and species 'B. fulva' and 'B. barbata'. Spent an evening with Hanbury Williams who remains cheerful but has given up parties.
Letter date:
13 Nov 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.128
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 28 [Nov 1800] |
| 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 | Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. Hudson, W, (1762). "Flora Anglica, exhibens plantas per regnum Angliae sponte crescentes..." Londinum: [privately]. |
