Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Nathaniel Wallich

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/67
Title Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Nathaniel Wallich
Letter date 16 Sep 1818
Author(s) Sir James Edward Smith 1759-1828
Number of Pages 4

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/67 from Sir James Edward Smith, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to Nathaniel Wallich (16 September 1818)

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Item Type: Document
From: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from: Liverpool, Lancashire
To: Wallich, Nathaniel
Summary:

Thanks for Wallich's letter and those from Colonel [Thomas] Hardwicke and [Henry Lloyd] Loring [(c 1784-1822), Archdeacon of Calcutta]. Would be glad to receive communications and specimens from Wallich, especially of 'Scitamineae', 'Orchideae', and 'Liliaceae', which are rare in herbariums due to the difficulty of drying them, gives instructions for successfully doing this. Would also like specimens of [William] Roxburgh's 'Aeginetia', any 'Orobanche', and parasitic plants. Glad that Wallich is in correspondence with [William] Roscoe and [John] Shepherd [(c 1764-1836)] of the Liverpool Botanic Garden; requests ripe fructifications of ferns for Shepherd's nephew [Henry Shepherd (c 1783-1858), assistant at Liverpool]. Divided Wallich's seeds with the Bishop of Winchester [Brownlow North], who propagates cinnamon trees from seeds ripened in his own hot-house. Has yet to receive the other packet containing 'Rhododendron arboreum'. Prefers single letters without covers on account of the postage cost, and that specimens be sent to [Nathaniel] Kindersley in London.

Letter date: 16 Sep 1818
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 10.106
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
UNSPECIFIEDFor Wallich's letter to which this is a reply, see JES/COR/10/65. For Wallich's reply, see JES/COR/10/69.
UNSPECIFIEDDawson, 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.
AdditionalLetter received 11 May 1819