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GB-110/JES/COR/10/60
Title
Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Feb [1816]
Author(s)
Robert Walpole 1781-1856
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/60 from Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith (12 February 1816)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/60 from Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith (12 February 1816) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Walpole, Robert
Sent from:
Aylsham, Norfolk
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Discussion of a plant used for stupefying fish and its use by ancient Greeks and Romans. The plant has the modern name 'Euphorbia characias' and 'Verbascum sinuatum'. [John] Sibthorp said that 'Mercurialis annua' is now used for catching 'Scarus'. A further reference in memoirs of the French Institute on the fishing of the "ancients". A long extract from "His. Plan. IX.c.10", in French. Asks Smith's opinion on this, and the use of '[H]ellebore'. Sibthorp says the three plants with this quality are 'Conium maculatum ', 'Euphorbia characias', and 'Verbascum sinuatum', asks Smith to add the modern name 'Cyclamen'. Transcribes account of a herb being used to gather fish, sent by a friend travelling in Greece.
Letter date:
12 Feb [1816]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.98
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. |
| Additional | Smith replied 20 [Feb 1816] |
