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GB-110/JES/COR/10/65
Title
Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
12 Jan 1818
Author(s)
Nathaniel Wallich 1785-1854
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/65 from Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith (12 January 1818)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/65 from Nathaniel Wallich, Botanic Garden, Calcutta, [India], to Sir James Edward Smith (12 January 1818) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Wallich, Nathaniel
Sent from:
Calcutta, India
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Encloses letters from Colonel [Thomas] Hardwicke and the Archdeacon of Calcutta [Henry Lloyd Loring (c 1784-1822)] introducing himself to Smith. Offers to send seeds and plants for Smith as well as papers for "Linnean Transactions", possible subjects include: [William] Roxburgh's 'Orchis picta' (his 'Chrysobaphus roxburghii', Rumphius' 'Folium petolatum'); two species of [Robert] Brown's 'Broughtonia' which possibly form a distinct genus, (one is Smith's 'Epidendrum praecox'); and his 'Begonia paniculata'. A parcel of seeds has been dispatched for Smith, containing capsules of Smith's 'Rhododendron arboreum'; a new "arborescent species with snow-white flowers"; and his 'Lida aurita'.
Letter date:
12 Jan 1818
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.105
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 Hardwicke's letter introducing Wallich, which accompanied this letter, see JES/COR/22/89. For Smith's reply to this letter, see JES/COR/10/67. |
