Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Swartz, Olof Peter
Sent from:
Stockholm, Sweden
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Pleased to hear of Smith's recovery. A parcel sent has been sent for Smith by Adam Afzelius, containing: lichens; some other plants; a packet of plants from [Erik] Acharius; a copy of his paper on ferns from [Heinrich Adolph] Schrader's "Journal [of Botany]"; and a parcel to forward to [Dawson] Turner. Asks Smith's opinion of the roses he has cultivated [and sent specimens of]. [Georg] Wahlenberg [(1780-1851)] has returned from expedition to Nordcap, [Lapland], but forced to leave his collections at 71 degrees latitude until the spring, is now collating his observations: 30 to 40 new lichens, several other undetermined plants, and a new species of Hedwig's ['Arrhenapherum'] moss genus have been collected. His topographical observations are curious. Acharius' "Methodus Lichenum" now printing.
From consultation of Smith herbarium the 'Rosa' specimens sent by Swartz appear to be 'Rosa caesia', 'Rosa spinoissima n', 'Rosa multiflora', and 'Rosa arvensis', which were all acquired in 1803.
Letter date:
10 Oct 1802
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
9.182
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Brief discussion of 'Rosa' specimens, see JES/COR/9/96.
For further discussion of Wahlenberg's expedition, see JES/COR/9/92; JES/COR/9/93; JES/COR/9/94; JES/COR/9/96; JES/COR/9/99.
For 'Rosa' specimens see Smith herbarium: 'Rosa caesia' 0901.22.2; 'Rosa spinoissima n' 0901.85; 'Rosa multiflora' 0901.53; and 'Rosa arvensis' 0901.32.
Swartz, O, (1806). "Synopsis filicum earum genera et species systematice complectens, adjectis Lycopodineis et descriptionibus novarum et rariorum specierum ..." Kilia.
Acharius, E, (1803). "Methodus qua omnes detectos lichenes secundum organa carpomorpha ad genera, species et varietates redigere atque observationibus illustrare tentavit ..." Stockholmia,: Ulrich. |
| 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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 27 Jan 1803 |
